Whenever anger comes up, take out a mirror and look at yourself. When you are angry, you are not very beautiful.
Nhat HanhFear 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 HanhWater flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life.
Nhat HanhWe do not have to die to enter the kingdom of Heaven, In fact we have to be fully alive. When we are truly alive we see that the tree is part of Heaven and we are also part of Heaven. The whole universe is conspiring to reveal this to us. Peace is available and when we touch it everything becomes real. We become ourselves, fully alive in the present moment.
Nhat Hanh