Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Without nourishing our own souls, we can't nourish the world, for we cannot give what we do not have. As we attend to our souls, we emanate invisibly and involuntarily the light we have received.

We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.

If you want to be more alive, love is the truest health.

You have to take care of yourself, your body, your mind, take care of your soul-be your own keeper.

Self-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put self-care - and that includes the beauty regime, how you eat, all of that - into your body.

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

Feeling at home with ourselves and being able to create a spirit of place that nourishes us physically, emotionally and spiritually is a goal worthy of our highest priority.

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.

I've found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have.

Bottom line, your body is a temple, and you have to treat it that way. That's how God designed it.

You need to have a relationship with what you put inside you. I don't want to get all spiritual about this, but I believe our bodies are a gift, and to deface it is disrespectful.

I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind.

Personally, I know how challenging it can be to find free time in today's uber-busy, espresso-chugging world to tend to our spirits, to nourish our souls.

I know that there are other sides to life. All the more reason why I now try to convey to the people out there how important it is to feel a sense of joy.

If you use that time where you're alone in ways that bring you joy and peace, then that solitude can have a really positive effect on your life.

It's very important not just to think you need to eat and drink and sleep. You need to feed your heart and your mind and your soul as well.

As I started eating more natural foods and thinking about what I was putting into my body, I became more interested in what I was putting on it, too.

It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.

You need to be able to nurture yourself in order to be a good mother, good at your job, good at servicing your community. I really believe women can do it all, but they can't do it all at the expense of their health, their sleep, and their sense of well-being.

The care of the soul is 'a matter of the highest importance;' beyond any thing which can be brought into comparison with it.

Our health and well-being is something that we can almost control, to a certain extent. We can choose to eat healthy, we can choose to think positively, and we can choose to have good posture. All this stuff makes a difference, and the way that you look and feel, and your confidence.

It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.

Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts.

Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.