How to Walk Quotes

“In. Out. Deep. Slow. Calm. Ease. Smile. Release. Present moment. Wonderful moment.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“When you walk, arrive with every step. That is walking meditation. There’s nothing else to it.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Walk

“When we walk, we can walk for our ancestors and future generations. Maybe they had to walk with sorrow; perhaps they were forced to march or migrate. When we walk freely, we are walking for them.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“The same is true when you drink a cup of tea: if you’re concentrated and you focus your attention on the cup of tea, then the cup of tea becomes a great joy.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Walk

“When we return to our breathing, we return to the present moment, our true home. There’s no need for us to struggle to arrive somewhere else. We know our final destination is the cemetery. Why are we in a hurry to get there? Why not step in the direction of life, which is in the present moment?”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Walk

“Most of us walk without chains, yet we aren’t free. We’re tethered to regret and sorrow from the past. We return to the past and continue to suffer. The past is a prison. But now you have the key to unlock the door and arrive in the present moment. You breathe in, you bring your mind home to your body, you make a step, and you arrive in the here and the”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“People ask me, “Why do you do walking meditation?” The best answer I can give is, “Because I like it.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Walk

“You have feet, and if you don’t make use of them it’s a loss and a waste. Someone is telling you now so that in the future you cannot say: “No one told me that it was important to enjoy using my feet.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Walk

“We know our final destination is the cemetery.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“All our ancestors and all future generations are present in us all the time. Happiness is not an individual matter. As long as the ancestors in us are still suffering we can't be happy, and we will transmit their suffering to our children and their children.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“In every one one of us, there's a tendency to run. There's a belief that happiness is not possible here and now, so we have the tendency to run into the future in order to look for happiness.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“Walk slowly, but not so slowly that you draw too much attention to yourself. This is a kind of invisible practice. Enjoy nature and your own serenity without making others uncomfortable or making a show of it.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“gatha”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“rhythmically”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“preoccupied”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“reverence”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

“INTENTION”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk