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Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "New cells are born everyday and old cells die, but they have neither funerals nor birthdays."

New cells are born everyday and old cells die, but they have neither funerals nor birthdays.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "When we see that some suffering or some pain is coming up, we don't try to run away from it. In fact, we have to go back and take care of it."

When we see that some suffering or some pain is coming up, we don't try to run away from it. In fact, we have to go back and take care of it.




Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "The third element of love is mudita, joy. True love always brings joy to ourselves and to the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love."

The third element of love is mudita, joy. True love always brings joy to ourselves and to the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives."

We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives.




Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love."

Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Letting go takes a lot of courage sometimes. But once you let go, happiness comes very quickly. You won't have to go around search for it."

Letting go takes a lot of courage sometimes. But once you let go, happiness comes very quickly. You won't have to go around search for it.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "The person who suffers most in this world is the person who has many wrong perceptions, and most of our perceptions are erroneous."

The person who suffers most in this world is the person who has many wrong perceptions, and most of our perceptions are erroneous.





Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding."

In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive."

If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand."

This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Understanding is the other name of love. If you don’t understand, you can’t love."

Understanding is the other name of love. If you don’t understand, you can’t love.




Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Compassion is born from understanding suffering. We all should learn to embrace our own suffering, to listen to it deeply, and to have a deep look into its nature."

Compassion is born from understanding suffering. We all should learn to embrace our own suffering, to listen to it deeply, and to have a deep look into its nature.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person."

So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "If a lotus is to grow, it needs to be rooted in the mind."

If a lotus is to grow, it needs to be rooted in the mind.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Once you can communicate with yourself, you'll be able to communicate outwardly with more clarity. The way in is the way out."

Once you can communicate with yourself, you'll be able to communicate outwardly with more clarity. The way in is the way out.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "When we're inspired by the desire to practice and transform our suffering, the mind of the moment is very beautiful. Sometimes we call it the mind of love. It's because of love that we practice."

When we're inspired by the desire to practice and transform our suffering, the mind of the moment is very beautiful. Sometimes we call it the mind of love. It's because of love that we practice.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others."

Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own."

When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Understanding and love aren't two separate things, they're just one."

Understanding and love aren't two separate things, they're just one.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "That is why I don't believe much in what Mr. Descartes said: "I think, therefore I am." I think, therefore I'm lost in my thinking. I'm not there."

That is why I don't believe much in what Mr. Descartes said: "I think, therefore I am." I think, therefore I'm lost in my thinking. I'm not there.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "May we eat only foods that nourish us and prevent illnes.. May we accept this food for the realization of the way of understanding and love."

May we eat only foods that nourish us and prevent illnes.. May we accept this food for the realization of the way of understanding and love.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive."

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "...if the content of your speech is not authentic, talking or texting on a device doesn't mean you're communicating with another person."

...if the content of your speech is not authentic, talking or texting on a device doesn't mean you're communicating with another person.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "If our minds are blocked, there is no device that will make up for our inability to communicate with ourselves or others."

If our minds are blocked, there is no device that will make up for our inability to communicate with ourselves or others.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. It’s so clear. Mindfulness is the energy and practice that helps you go back to the here and now so that you encounter life."

If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. It’s so clear. Mindfulness is the energy and practice that helps you go back to the here and now so that you encounter life.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher."

Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Peace is based on respect for life, the spirit of reverence for life."

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



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge."

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



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "We wanted peace. We did not care about anyone’s victory or defeat. We just wanted the bombs to stop falling on us."

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



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "When you understand, you cannot help but love. You cannot get angry."

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



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "The truth is that everything contains everything else. We cannot just be, we can only inter-be."

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



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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[.]"

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[.]



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "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."

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.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "We all exist as part of a wonderful stream of life."

We all exist as part of a wonderful stream of life.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment"

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



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud."

I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself."

Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Just because we do not perceive something, it is not correct to say it does not exist."

Just because we do not perceive something, it is not correct to say it does not exist.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Emptiness is not the opposite of existence. It is not nothingness or annihilation."

Emptiness is not the opposite of existence. It is not nothingness or annihilation.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Direct experience is the only way."

Direct experience is the only way.



Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes: "Nourish yourself every day with the wonderful things that life has to offer you. Nourish yourself in the present moment. Walk in the kingdom of God."

Nourish yourself every day with the wonderful things that life has to offer you. Nourish yourself in the present moment. Walk in the kingdom of God.