The Mindfulness Survival Kit Quotes

“There are animals that are ruminants, like water buffalo and cows. After chewing and swallowing, they bring up the food again and they chew and swallow it again. There are people who continue to consume the suffering of the past in that way. They spend their time during the day ruminating over their own suffering from the past.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

“If you haven’t been able to be happy, maybe it’s because you’re holding firmly to your idea of happiness”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

“In Asia, when people kiss each other they use the nose more than the mouth. Using the nose, we can recognize the person; it’s so pleasant.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

“Prayer or good intention is not enough to change an angry or violent situation. The First Mindfulness Training is a reminder that you have to practice, to train yourself to lesson violence through understanding”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

“The mind tends to dart from one thing to another, like a monkey swinging from branch to branch without stopping to rest.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

“I am aware that happiness depends on my mental attitude and not on external conditions, and that I can live happily in the present moment simply by remembering that I already have more than enough conditions to be happy.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

“Practicing mindfulness means that instead of reacting to whatever stimulus is around us or provokes us, we go back to our breathing, we calm our body, we stop our thinking, and we bring the mind home to the body in the present moment.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices