Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Wherever we are we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other and the wonder of our breathing.

Each time you look at a tangerine, you can see deeply into it. You can see everything in the universe in one tangerine. When you peel it and smell it, it’s wonderful. You can take your time eating a tangerine and be very happy.

The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Now when I see something beautiful or funny or sweet, sometimes I reach for my camera, but other times I think, 'I need to let this moment exist. I don't have to capture everything. I just want to experience it.'

I don't want to go anywhere; I don't want to leave anybody behind. Happiness is right here, right now, in this world, in this room. I am happiest wherever it is that I am.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.

I've just learned to enjoy every moment for what it is and take it all in.

I always try to live in the moment.

I just try to enjoy each day.

If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything

The part I enjoy most is not the doing, but the noticing.

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go — you let go because you can.

Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we'll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.

Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple.

To simply sit here and know the tenderness of being alive means being drenched in love.

Live purely in the moment on a rampage of appreciation.

Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now.

The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are.

The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the moment, even if it means merely a walk in the country.

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary.

I scarcely remember counting upon happiness—I look not for it if it be not in the present hour—nothing startles me beyond the moment. The setting sun will always set me to rights, or if a sparrow come before my Window I take part in its existence and pick about the gravel.

I think it's so important to have a practice, because the consciousness isn't perfection or enlightenment or any of that bullshit. The consciousness is, "Oh, I'm walking down the street and I'm doing nothing."