I leave you the best phrases of Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen master, Buddhist, writer, activist and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. Some of his books are Towards inner peace, The art of living, The art of communicating, Fear, Silence, among others.
You may also be interested in these Zen phrases or these spiritual ones.
-By your smile, you make life more beautiful.
-Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile is the source of your joy.
-There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
-Every thought you produce, whatever you say, whatever action you do, bears your signature.
-Many people think that excitement is happiness, but when you are excited you are not at peace. True happiness is based on peace.
-The absence of fear is not only possible, it is the final joy. When you touch the absence of fear, you are free.
-Because you are alive, anything is possible.
-Walk as if you were kissing the ground with your feet.
-When you love someone, the best you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
-My actions are my only true experiences.
-Our own life has to be our message.
-We have more possibilities available at all times than we realize.
-Smile, breathe and go slowly.
-You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
-The past keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can understand our fears, we can realize that right now we are fine.
-Anger is like a storm that comes from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your attention to your breath.
-Listening and understanding our internal sufferings will solve most of the problems we encounter.
-I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given to my life.
-It is possible to live happily in the here and now. Many conditions of happiness are available.
-Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice. No one can prevent you from being aware of every step you take.
-Meditation can help us embrace our worries, fears and hatred, and it is very healing. Let our ability to heal do the work.
-Being beautiful means being yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
-Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to overcome. If we can believe that tomorrow will be better, we can overcome today's difficulties.
-People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is only available in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that each step leads us to the here and now.
-When another person makes you suffer, it is because they suffer deeply and their suffering is spreading. You don't need punishment, you need help. That is the message you are sending.
-To heal others, we must first heal ourselves. And to heal, we need to deal with ourselves.
-When we recognize the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection.
-Most of us experience a life of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But many, even when we are more joyful, we are afraid after our joy.
-The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
-Compassionate listening is helping the other to suffer less. If we realize that others are the same as us, we are no longer angry with them.
-Civilizations have been destroyed many times and this civilization is not different, it can be destroyed.
-If you love someone but are rarely available to him or her, that is not true love.
-If we are at peace, if we are happy, we can smile and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
-Every breath we take, every step we take, can be completed with peace, joy and serenity.
-We have to continue learning, we have to be open. And we have to be prepared to release our awareness to a higher understanding of reality.
-Many people are alive but they do not touch the miracle of being alive.
-With meditation you know how to take care of the things that happen inside you and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.
-We humans have lost the wisdom to rest and relax. We worry too much. We do not allow our bodies, minds and hearts to heal.
-You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be relaxed and peaceful. On the other hand, you inspire hope for a peaceful future.
-When you learn about the teaching and practice of another tradition, you always have the opportunity to understand your own teaching and practice.
-We consume to forget our worries and anxieties.
-There are many Christians who practice Buddhism and become better Christians.
-Your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That knowledge will help you not to do wrong things that cause suffering to yourself and other people.
-May our hearts be filled with our own compassion, through ourselves and through all living beings.
-It is my conviction that there is no way to peace, peace is the way.
-If you can feel that mother earth is in you, and that you are mother earth, you are no longer afraid of dying because mother earth is not dying. Like a wave that appears and disappears and appears again.
-When we have peace, we will have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice responsible consumption, we will not be able to save our planet.
-We will be more successful in our endeavors if we can kick the habit of running all the time and take small breaks to relax and focus. And we will also have more joys in life.
-The lighting is always there. The little lighting will bring the great lighting. If you breathe and are aware that you are alive, that you can touch the miracle of being alive, that is a type of enlightenment.
-We need enlightenment, not only individual, but collective to save the planet. We need to wake up. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.
-In the past there were people who were not rich but were happy with their lifestyle, laughing and being happy all day. But when the nouveau riche appeared, people looked at them and asked "why don't I have a life like that too, a nice house, car, garden" and they dropped their values.
-We fear that this moment will end, that we will not get what we want, that we will lose what we love or that we will not be safe. Often our greatest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease to function. So when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.
-It is very important that we relearn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop from chronic stress and worry; It allows us to clear our minds, focus, and seek creative solutions to problems.