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All Quotes by author - Nhat Hanh

" Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha. "

" Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart. "

" Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering. "

" Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof. "

" Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now. "

" Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature. "

" Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre, and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. "

" Happiness is the cessation of suffering. "

" If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow. "

" If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. "

" If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy. "

" If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply. "

" If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person. "

" I love to sit and eat quietly and enjoy each bite, aware of the presence of my community, aware of all the hard and loving work that has gone into my food. "

" In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger. "

" In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness. "

" In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. "

" In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change. "

" I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice. "

" I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world. "

" It's normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion of ourself as a separate individual and caught in that individual self's agenda. "

" Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. "

" Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have. "

" Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping. "

" Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive. "

" Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong. "

" Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act. "

" Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. "

" Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight. "

" Mother Earth is very talented. She has produced Buddhas, bodhisattvas, great beings. "

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