Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

If we take the time to look deeply, we see that understanding and compassion arise from suffering. Understanding is the understanding of suffering, and compassion is the kind of energy that can transform suffering. If suffering is not there, we have no means to cultivate our understanding and our compassion. This is something quite simple to see

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

Compassion takes imagination.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival.

Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.

Nothing helps us build our perspective more than developing compassion for others. Compassion is a sympathetic feeling. It involves the willingness to put yourself in someone else's shoes, to take the focus off yourself and to imagine what it's like to be in someone else's predicament, and simultaneously, to feel love for that person. It's the recognition that other people's problems, their pain and frustrations, are every bit as real as our own-often far worse. In recognizing this fact and trying to offer some assistance, we open our own hearts and greatly enhance our sense of gratitude.

Compassion is not an option. It's the key to our survival.

Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.

They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted.

Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand.

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal.