The Sun My Heart Quotes

“Shallow understanding accompanies shallow compassion. Great understanding goes with great compassion.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart

“Our world does not lack people willing to throw themselves into action. What we need are people who are capable of loving, of not taking sides so that they can embrace the whole of reality as a mother hen embraces all her chicks, with two fully spread wings.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart

“The peace we seek cannot be our personal possession. We need to find an inner peace, which makes it possible for us to become one with those who suffer and to do something to help our brothers and sisters, which is to say, ourselves.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart

“If I could not be peaceful in the midst of danger, then the kind of peace I might have in simpler times would not mean anything.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart

“Drinking tea or coffee can be one of our daily pleasures if we partake of it fully.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart

“When you think, "The sun of awareness has gone out in me," at that moment it relights itself, faster than the speed of light.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart

“Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart