Sayings & Quotes

[Lilith7]

‘It’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems. “
Thich Nhat Hanh


‘Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realise.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

‘Thich Nhat HanhMany of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.’

[Lilith7]

‘People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.’
Thich Nhat Hanh


‘We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘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.’

Thich Nhat Hanh


The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

‘Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion’s roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

‘We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.
Thich Nhat Hanh


‘You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.’

Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

‘We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.’
Thich Nhat Hanh


‘When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body’s natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

‘We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.
Thich Nhat Hanh


‘If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial park in Washington, D.C.

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[Lilith7]

‘There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

‘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.’
Thich Nhat Hanh

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial park in Washington, D.C.

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[Lilith7]

‘Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.’
Thich Nhat Hanh


“When life is sweet,say thank you & celebrate. When life is bitter, say thank you & grow.”
Shauna Niequist

[Lilith7]

It does not do to dwell on dreams & forget to live.
J K Rowling

“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks, not in what they say. Just in what they are.”
Markus Zusak

[Lilith7]

“I'm not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
Woody Allen

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic & servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Theodore Roosevelt

[Lilith7]

“Just as we take for granted the necessity of acquiring skills in basic academic subjects, I hope that a time will come when children will learn, within the curriculum, the indispensable character of core values; love, compassion,justice & love, forgiveness.”
Dalai Lama

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.”
Isaac Asimov

[Lilith7]

“You meet saints everywhere.They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.”
Kurt Vonnegut


“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts os kindness & love.”
J. R. R.Tolkien

[Lilith7]

“Your best men die in alleys
under a sheet of paper
while your worst men
get statues in parks
for pigeons to shit upon for centuries.
Charles Bukowkski
(from Betting on the muse 1966)

“Children whose families take them to museums & zoos, who visit historic sites,who travel abroad,or who camp in remote areas accumulate huge chunks of knowledge without even studying. For the impoverished child lacking the travel portfolio of affluence, the best way to accumulate background knowledge is by either reading or being read to.”
Jim Trelease

[Lilith7]

“The one thing we need more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere.”
Greta Thunberg


“We live in a country where if you want to bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost.But then you have a discussion about whether or not to assist people who are suffering, then suddenly we become very cost conscious.”
Prof. Andrew Bracevich

[Lilith7]

The good are visible from afar, like the Himalayas. The wicked are invisible, like arrows shot in the night.”
Siddhartha Gautama

“My eyes are hungry to read more books than time allows me to devour.”
Jazz Feylynn