Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy you cannot practice tolerance, and without tolerance you cannot build a sound basis of compassion.

When you have enough understanding and compassion in you, then that amount of understanding and compassion will try to express itself in action. And your practice should help you to cultivate more understanding and compassion.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

It is not good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace

I have started using the expression 'compassionate activism': It's about keeping my heart open so that I can understand the point of view of the other person.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.

The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.

We should not let our response to the people who disagree with us be dictated by what they say about us or even how they treat people we care for. There has to be a chance that we can find love.

I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.

I don't know if there's a lot of patience anymore. I think that could serve a lot of people.

Our collective future depends on opening channels of compassion, acceptance, and understanding of others.

Hate the sin and not the sinner' is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers.

Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.