It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.
Nhat HanhIf you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper? ?To be? is to inter-be. We cannot just be by ourselves alone. We have to inter-be with every other thing. This sheet of paper is, because everything else is.
Nhat HanhYou carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.
Nhat HanhEven if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence
Nhat Hanh