If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.
Nhat HanhYou are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world.
Nhat HanhPreventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.
Nhat Hanh