“If you have not suffered hunger, you do not appreciate having something to eat. If you have not gone through a war, you don't know the value of peace. That is why we should not try to run away from one thing after another thing. Holding our suffering, looking deeply into it, we find a way to happiness.” IfsKnowsWayShouldTryingWarRunningSufferingValuesGoneOne ThingAppreciateHungerRunning AwayOne Thing After Another Author:Nhat Hanh
“While drinking, while talking, while writing, while watering our garden, it's always possible to practice living in the here and the now.” WritingTalkingPracticeGardenDrinking Author:Nhat Hanh
“When you love someone, the best you can offer is your presence.” OffersLove SomeoneWhen You Love SomeoneYour Presence Author:Nhat Hanh
“I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?” IfsThinkingMenLifeLongI CanHomeCan DoPoorHusbandTablesBreatheBest ThingsRelaxComing HomeDistractionRelaxationPoor Man Author:Jackie Kennedy
“Before you do something to help, your presence already can bring some relief.” HelpingReliefYour Presence Author:Nhat Hanh
“When you love someone, you want to share everything with him or her. So it is your duty to say, "I suffer and I want you to know" - and he will, she will, appreciate it.” KnowsWantSufferingShareDutyAppreciateI Want YouLove SomeoneWhen You Love Someone Author:Nhat Hanh
“I do not watch television. But I'm in touch with the world. If anything really important happens, someone will tell me.” IfsWorldImportantHappensWatchesTelevision Author:Nhat Hanh
“What happens in the present moment? In the present moment, you are producing thought, speech, and action. And they continue in the world.” WorldMomentsHappensActionSpeechPresent Moment Author:Nhat Hanh
“Action is called karma. And that's your continuation. When this body disintegrates, you continue on with your actions. It's like the cloud in the sky. When the cloud is no longer in the sky, it hasn't died. The cloud is continued in other forms like rain or snow or ice.” BodyActionFormSkyRainDiedCloudsKarmaSnowIceContinuation Author:Nhat Hanh
“Our nature is the nature of no birth and no death. It is impossible for a cloud to pass from being into nonbeing. And that is true with a beloved person. They have not died. They have continued in many new forms and you can look deeply and recognize them in you and around you.” LooksPersonsFormImpossibleBirthDiedCloudsBelovedBeloved Person Author:Nhat Hanh
