Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path Of Mindfulness In Everyday Life Quotes

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

Sometimes it is better not to talk about art by using the word "art". If we just act with awareness and integrity, our art will flower, and we don't have to talk about it at all.

I have lost my smile, but don't worry.The dandelion has it.

Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment

Practicing mindfulness enables us to become a real person. When we are a real person, we see real people around us, and life is present in all its richness.

Whether we are in the city, the countryside, or the wilderness, we need to sustain ourselves by choosing our surroundings carefully and nourishing our awareness in each moment.

We are too undemanding, too ready to watch whatever is on the screen, too lonely, lazy, or bored to create our own lives. We turn on the TV and leave it on, allowing someone else to guide us[.]

In the West, we are very goal oriented. We know where we want to go, and we are very directed in getting there. This may be useful, but often we forget to enjoy ourselves along the route.

The truth is that everything contains everything else. We cannot just be, we can only inter-be.

The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves “inside the skin” of the other.

When you understand, you cannot help but love. You cannot get angry.

We wanted peace. We did not care about anyone’s victory or defeat. We just wanted the bombs to stop falling on us.

Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge.

If we are aware of our lifestyle, our way of consuming, of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment we are alive.

Peace is based on respect for life, the spirit of reverence for life.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives —the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.