Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

When you're happy at home, it spills out into every other area of your life.

Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.

If I aint happy, nobody's happy.

Just by being happier, everyone benefits because your happiness is contagious.

Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.

True happiness lies within you.

If we want sincere harmony, peace and joy in our lives, we can have them, but we must be willing to do the work. We must make maintaining an awareness of our spiritual natures first in our lives. Our inner world is the architect of our external world. We don't lose faith in the goodness of life because we become angry and depressed. We become angry and depressed because we lose faith in the goodness of life.

I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.

Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.

I try to enjoy what I do, and every moment of the life that I have is a blessing. What else can you do but to be happy and try to bring that joy to the other people around - especially in the tournaments. Everybody has bad days. I'm not always funny or laughing.

Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world.

Happiness is a work of art. Handle with care.

By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a fleeting emotion, or a mood, but an optimal state of being. Happiness is also a way of interpreting the world, since while it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.

Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy.

Be happy. Decide to be happy. If you want to be happy, be happy! No one cares if you're happy or not, so why wait for permission? And did it really matter if you had been deeply unhappy in your past? Who but you remembered that?

You are about as happy as you make up your mind to be.

What will they think of me? Must be put aside for bliss

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper.

Look at your heart-flower and smile. You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.

If we are not peaceful, if we are not feeling well in our skin, we cannot demonstrate real peace, and we cannot raise our children well either.

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how the mind functions.

In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.

Peace for the whole world begins with a smile in your own heart.

A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it.