Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light.

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.

As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.

I aspire only to silence.

I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

I meditate two hours a day, and every year I do one big long meditation course. I love it, and I'm really into it.

I'm really trying to be in the now - that's so spiritual and stuff. It's just so much more pleasant and sane.

I meditate. I breathe out what I can't control and focus on the positives.

I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely.

I try to meditate.

Not that I'm any good at it, but the beauty of meditation is that it liberates us from our own thoughts.

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

I have a spiritual practice which helps to keep me grounded and centered.

With mindfulness - the practice of peace - we can begin by working to transform the wars in ourselves. Conscious breathing helps us do this.

In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.

If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.

Go back to the breathing and try to be in that moment deeply. Because there is a possibility to handle every kind of event and the essential is to keep the peace in yourself.

The most powerful benefits of meditation come from having a regular, daily practice.

Meditation is the way to individuality. It makes you a light unto yourself.