You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

by Thich Nhat Hanh

nonviolence and nondualism.

Your anger is yourself, and you should not be violent toward it. The same thing goes for all of your emotions.

It is not only your love that is organic; your hate is, too. So you should not throw anything out. All you have to do is learn how to transform your garbage into flowers.

Struggle is useless. Stop struggling.

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.

compassion is not possible without pain and suffering.

We should not try to escape from our pain. We should look at it directly. Looking at suffering deeply, we will have deep insight into its nature, and the path of transformation and healing will present itself to us.

To be loved is to be recognized as existing.

every time we have a false perception, suffering occurs.

I have been running all my life, but now I am deciding to stop because I have learned that life is here. When you stop, happiness starts to be possible.