A teacher cannot give you the truth The truth is already in you You only need to open yourself – body, mind and heart- so that his or her teachings will penetrate your own seeds of understanding and enlightenment If you let the words enter you, the soil and the seeds will do the rest of the work
Nhat HanhThe most important thing that we can do for the healing of our world is to hear inside ourselves, the sounds of the earth crying.
Nhat HanhThe source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
Nhat HanhContemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.
Nhat HanhBeing rich is an obstacle to loving. When you are rich, you want to continue to be rich, and so you end up devoting all your time, all your energy, in your daily life to stay rich.
Nhat HanhThe real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance.
Nhat Hanh