Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

All that I seek is already within me.

Be thou a true yogi. A yogi who understands that everything he's looking for is really inside himself. Learn to live more in the Self.

Everything I desire is within me.

What you are looking for is within you Fall silent a moment and contemplate what that means... You lack nothing.

Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things-strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality-will be added unto you.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom.

Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.

Now I know that this energy within me is seeking more than the mate or the profession or the religion - more even than pleasure or power or meaning. It is seeking more of me; or better, it is, thank God, releasing more of me.

What you are looking for is within you

Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself.

To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

Be what it is that you are seeking.

When you're enlightened, you don't have to reference other people, because you yourself are enlightened. And that's a better Earth. People can make more informed decisions politically, culturally, personally.

...One individual is his or her own best teacher, and no other idol or false image should be worshiped or adored because the God we are all seeking lies inside oneself, not outside.

I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself.