Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
"Your true home is in the here and the now.""True love is made of four elements: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.""Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.""Life is available only in the present moment.""If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.""If we want to truly be happy, we must slow down enough to find joy in how we relate to people and how we handle situations.""The mind is like a river. The water flows endlessly from one form to another.""The real miracle is not to walk on water. The real miracle is to walk on earth.""Every day we touch what is wrong, and as a result, we are becoming less and less healthy. That is why we have to learn to touch what is not wrong – inside us and around us.""Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings.""Sometimes we think we are nurturing our garden, but of course, we are nurturing ourselves.""Our own life has to be our message.""We have to live our life as a Buddha fully. Each human being has a Buddha nature. Buddhist monks practice in order to be a fully awakened human being.""When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.""The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.""When we enter a peer relationship, we enter a place where we are very fragile.""Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.""We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.""To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to care for the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to care for the things happening around you.""Understanding means throwing away your knowledge."