“In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.” Quote by Nhat Hanh
“We may not have done anything but when we are relaxed, when we are peaceful, when we are able to smile and not to be violent in the way we look at the system, at that moment there is a change already in the world.” WorldWayLooksMayDoneMomentsAbleViolentPeacefulThat MomentRelaxed Author:Nhat Hanh
“There is no real separation between self or no-self. Anything you do for yourself you do for the society at the same time. And anything you do for society you do for yourself also.” RealSelfSeparation Author:Nhat Hanh
“You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not come easy.” DoeEasyLove YouProfoundHave CourageCourage To Love Author:Bell Hooks
“Part of why I have started writing about love is feeling that our culture is forgetting what Martin Luther King taught. We name more and more streets and schools after him but that's almost irrelevant, because what is to be remembered is that strength to love.” WritingFeelingsSchoolCultureNamesForgetLove IsStreetsTaughtKingsRememberedIrrelevantLuther Author:Bell Hooks
“The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within, because you already have the insight within you.” HelpingTeacherInsightWithin YouGood TeacherTrue Teacher Author:Bell Hooks
“A good teacher is someone who can help you to get back to a teacher within.” HelpingTeacherGet BackGood Teacher Author:Bell Hooks
“I feel that I have many real students whom I have not met. Many are in cloisters and they never get out. Others are in prison. But in many cases they practice the teachings much better than those who meet me every day.” FeelsRealPracticeCasesTeachingStudentsMetsPrison Author:Bell Hooks
“We may think that justice is everyone being equal, having the same rights, sharing the same kind of advantages, but maybe we have not had the chance to look at the nature of justice in terms of no-self. That kind of justice is based on the idea of self, but it may be very interesting to explore justice in terms of no-self.” ThinkingLooksKindMayIdeasSelfTermJusticeChanceInterestingRightsEqualAdvantageVery InterestingBeing Equal Author:Nhat Hanh
“I think this is often misunderstood in the West, where people feel that there can be no justice unless everything is the same. This is part of why I feel we have to relearn how we think about love, because we think about love so much in terms of the self.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSelfTermJusticeLove IsWestMisunderstood Author:Bell Hooks
“Justice is possible without equality, I believe, because of compassion and understanding. If I have compassion, then if I have more than you, which is unequal, I will still do the just thing by you.” IfsBelieveStillsI BelieveUnderstandingJusticeCompassion Author:Bell Hooks
