Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

I hang out with my guru in my heart. And I love every thing in the universe. That's all I do all day.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

When I was eight, a hippie guy taught me how to meditate and gave me this scarf I was supposed to wear when I meditated. I still have it; it's probably one of the items that mean most to me.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.

All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.

My spiritual practice reminds me of what's really real, what's really hood.

I have a ritual every morning where I do my meditation and visualisation, then I give thanks and send love to my family and friends.

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl.

As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking.

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence.

But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore.

Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.