Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
No one can practice the precepts perfectly, including the Buddha... Boiled vegetables contain dead bacteria. We cannot practice the First Precept or any of the precepts perfectly. But because of the real danger in our society-alcoholism has destroyed so many families and has brought about much unhappiness-we have to do something. We have to live in a way that will eradicate that kind of damage. That is why even if you can be very healthy with one glass of wine every week, I still urge you with all my strength to abandon that glass of wine.
Hanh, Thich Nhat. For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Mindfulness Trainings. Parallax Press, 1993, p. 11.
Hitler neither smoked tobacco or drank alcohol. They appear to have been his only virtues.
Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and founder of the Plum Village Tradition.