Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: Nhất Hạnh; pronounced listen
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“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
“People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?”
“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.”
“We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.”
“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.”
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
“Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.”
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.”
“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.”
“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.”