Quote

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Nhat Hanh

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Nhat Hanh
Joy
Peace
Inspirational
Serenity
Change
Breath
Take
Breaths
Every
Filled
Make
Step
Life
Steps

More quotes by Nhat Hanh

Image
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.
Nhat Hanh
Image
Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.
Nhat Hanh
Image
To be or not to be is not the question. The question is whether you can transcend these notions.
Nhat Hanh
Image
Fear is born from ignorance. We think that the other person is trying to take away something from us. But if we look deeply, we see that the desire of the other person is exactly our own desire - to have peace, to be able to have a chance to live.
Nhat Hanh
Image
Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation.
Nhat Hanh
Image
If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer.
Nhat Hanh
Image
When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
Nhat Hanh
Image
By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better & prepare for a better future.
Nhat Hanh
Image
When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way.
Nhat Hanh
Image
May all beings learn how to nourish themselves with joy each day.
Nhat Hanh
Image
To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.
Nhat Hanh
Image
Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
Nhat Hanh
Image
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.
Nhat Hanh
Image
It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice
Nhat Hanh
Image
If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.
Nhat Hanh
Image
If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.
Nhat Hanh
Image
Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
Nhat Hanh
Image
Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.
Nhat Hanh
Image
By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.
Nhat Hanh
Image
If you have not suffered hunger, you do not appreciate having something to eat. If you have not gone through a war, you don't know the value of peace. That is why we should not try to run away from one thing after another thing. Holding our suffering, looking deeply into it, we find a way to happiness.
Nhat Hanh