Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.

Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth.

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.

We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat, and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'

When I pray, I always thank Mother Nature for all the beauty in the world. It's about having an attitude of gratitude.

Have you not noticed that love is silence? It may be while holding the hand of another, or looking lovingly at a child, or taking in the beauty of an evening. Love has no past or future, and so it is with this extraordinary state of silence.

The Japanese don't have a specific religion, but a spirituality. A cap, shoes, and a table have a spirituality. When you eat an apple, you don't say you eat it: you say, 'I am receiving it.' Kind of like you are thanking the food.

Every bird that sings, sings for you. Every breeze that blows, blows for you. Every sunray shines for you. If you only knew how loved you are.

In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.

The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being.

The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.

Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.

Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you.

I think love and beauty are what life is all about.