Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

If you cannot get along with yourself, you'll never be able to get along with other people.

Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

Ever since I met Sangram Singh, I am at peace with myself.

It all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. And to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us.

If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it?

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

If you're not at peace with yourself, you can't be at peace with anyone else.

When you make peace with yourself, the world will mirror back that same level of peace.

And neither shall we learn to war with ourselves anymore.

Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

You've got to tune out the other people and tune in to what's going on inside. Love yourself. Nourish your body.

Forgive everybody but yourself.

However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself.

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

I love myself for all my mistakes and missteps. They have been very valuable to me. They have taught me many things. It is the way I learn. I am willing to stop punishing myself for my mistakes.