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Please don't wait until the doctors tell you that you are going to have a baby to begin to take care of it. It is already there. Whatever you are, whatever you do, your baby will get it. Anything you eat, any worries that are on your mind will be for him or her. Can you tell me that you cannot smile? Think of the baby, and smile for him, for her, for the future generations. Please don't tell me that a smile and your sorrow just don't go together. It's your sorrow, but what about your baby? It's not his sorrow, its not her sorrow.


Thich Nhat Hanh

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THICH NHAT HANH To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
THICH NHAT HANH We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge i...
THICH NHAT HANH It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God i...
THICH NHAT HANH You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That ins...
THICH NHAT HANH We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon ...
THICH NHAT HANH It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.
THICH NHAT HANH Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter.
THICH NHAT HANH When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffer...
THICH NHAT HANH Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to le...
THICH NHAT HANH Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.
THICH NHAT HANH It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, eve...
THICH NHAT HANH If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the pe...
THICH NHAT HANH Breathing in, there is only the present moment.
Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.
THICH NHAT HANH My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions a...
THICH NHAT HANH To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see re...
THICH NHAT HANH Impermanence and selflessness are not negative aspect of life, but the very foundation on which life...
THICH NHAT HANH Maitri can be translated as "love" or "loving kindness". Some Buddhist teachers prefer "loving kindn...
THICH NHAT HANH The leaves that remain are only a very small part of the tea. The tea that goes into me is a much bi...
THICH NHAT HANH drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it as the axis on which the world revolves
THICH NHAT HANH If you want to relax the worry-tightened muscles in your face, let the half smile come to your face....
THICH NHAT HANH While washing the dishes, you might be thinking about the tea afterwards, and so try to get them out...
THICH NHAT HANH Dear master, I think it would be better for each of us to watch ourself. To look after oneself means...
THICH NHAT HANH Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe i...
THICH NHAT HANH Work is only a part of life. But work is life only when done in mindfulness. Otherwise, one becomes ...
THICH NHAT HANH Now I see that if one doesn’t know how to die, one can hardly know how to live—because death is ...
THICH NHAT HANH Attachment to the false view of self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities which exist...
THICH NHAT HANH failures are not your own self. See to it that you are free from them. Only when you can relinquish ...
THICH NHAT HANH Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life. Don’t be attached to the future. Don’t ...
THICH NHAT HANH As a Buddhist Sutra hears the voice of the Bodhisattva of compassion: The wondrous voice, the voice ...
THICH NHAT HANH Of course, walking alone on a country path, it is easier to maintain mindfulness. If there’s a fri...
THICH NHAT HANH Then Allen said, “I’ve discovered a way to have a lot more time. In the past, I used to look at ...
THICH NHAT HANH Only this actual moment is life.
THICH NHAT HANH The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always...
THICH NHAT HANH Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and r...
THICH NHAT HANH Half-smile when you first wake up in the morning Hang a branch, any other sign, or even the word “...
THICH NHAT HANH Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all ...
THICH NHAT HANH Everyday we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green ...
THICH NHAT HANH We talk about social service, service to the people, service to humanity, service to others who are ...
THICH NHAT HANH The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger whi...
THICH NHAT HANH I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a...
THICH NHAT HANH If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the di...
THICH NHAT HANH Your breathing should flow gracefully,
like a river, like a watersnake crossing
the water,...
THICH NHAT HANH In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it...
THICH NHAT HANH Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. ...
THICH NHAT HANH To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept ...
THICH NHAT HANH Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed...
THICH NHAT HANH In a relationship, we are nourishment for each other. So we have to select the kind of food we offer...
THICH NHAT HANH