Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace Quotes
Meditation is to be aware of what is going on: in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.
No argument, no reasoning, no blame, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.
I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight... I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.
If I don't understand you, I may be angry at you, all the time. We are not capable of understanding each other, and that is the main source of human suffering.
Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.
The most basic precept of all is to be aware of what we do, what we are, each minute . Every other precept will follow from that.
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
