Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings. When we are tired and feel discouraged by life's daily struggles, we may not notice these miracles, but they are always there.

Joy comes from places you least expect it. It's usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

Earth laughs in flowers.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do with out flowers. Flowers help you forget life's tragedies.

The Best Things In Life Are Free Sunshine, songs of birds, the blue heavens, sunrise, the sea air, the field full of flowers, the wonders of nature, the magenta sunset, love, joy, peace of mind, the wonders of nature, the warm rain, the dew of the roses, the love of God, etc., are here for our enjoyment.

The universe is in the habit of making beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts of great courage, laughter between friends, a job well done, the smell of fresh baked bread. Beauty is everywhere.

Is it so small a thing To have enjoyed the sun.

He was in love with life as an ant on a summer blade of grass.

Look at the flowers-for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.

I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.

These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,- And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen, like, a sunset.

It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done.

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.

Laughter and joy are part of the beauty of life.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.