More Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thích Nhất Hạnh)
To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
Today is the most important day of our lives.
Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up and replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation.
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.
