Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

“We are what we feel and perceive. If we are angry, we are the anger.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“We turn on the TV and leave it on, allowing someone else to guide us, shape us, and destroy us.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“The miracle is to walk on Earth.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“If we study it is not to store up knowledge but to deepen our understanding. Our understanding, in turn, can only deepen as we put it into action.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is a wonderful moment.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“Compassion is not an idea or something we can imagine. It is a mental formation that has an immediate result in action of body, speech, or mind. It is rooted in understanding. When we understand why we suffer we can be compassionate to ourselves. When we understand how others suffer then we can be compassionate to them.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“The best way of preparing for the future is to take good care of the present, because we know that if the present is made up of the past, then the future will be made up of the present. All we need to be responsible for is the present moment. Only the present is within our reach. To care for the present is to care for the future.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“Each day forty thousand children die of hunger. The superpowers now have more than fifty thousand nuclear warheads, enough to destroy our planet many times. Yet the sunrise is beautiful, and the rose that bloomed this morning along the wall is a miracle. Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings