Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.

There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won't photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

I want everyone to know there is always someone there for you.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

A friend's only gift is himself.

When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, "Darling, I care about your suffering," a deep healing begins.

But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got.

Listening with undivided attention and unconditional love Is perhaps the greatest gift we can extend to others.

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Staying present, living in Presence is the best gift anyone can give to those they love.

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.

My mother was all about unconditional love, and I don't think we give that to our patients a lot. At the end of the day, what they really need you to do is to look at them in the eye and say, 'I'm here for you. I'm going to make sure this works out.'

I learned that saying you love your friends isn't enough: that love is a verb - it requires Acts of Love. It is all about the doing, not the saying, and now I make a point, every day, of emailing or phoning or making a plan with those I love.

My mum told me that the best thing you could give a woman was attention.

It's so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase 'quality time' means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as you rush out.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

Time, presence and physical attentiveness are our most basic proxies for something ultimately unprovable: that we are understood.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.