Image: Duc (pixiduc) from Paris, France., CC BY-SA 2.0
50 quotes
Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022)
“There is nowhere to arrive except the present moment.”
"If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in."
on Truth
"Treat your anger with the utmost respect and tenderness, for it is no other than yourself."
on Emotion
"Anywhere we go, we will have our self with us; we cannot escape ourselves."
on Self Awareness
"Nourish yourself every day with the wonderful things that life has to offer you. Nourish yourself in the present moment. Walk in the kingdom of God."
on Life
"Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life."
on Mindfulness
"Meditation is to be aware of what is going on: in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world."
"The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite."
on Family
"The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment."
"Love has no meaning without understanding"
on Love
"When mindfulness is present, the Buddha and the Holy Spirit are already there,"
on Faith
"While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself."
"The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,"
"Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment ."
"Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life."
on Death
"Direct experience is the only way."
on Philosophy
"Emptiness is not the opposite of existence. It is not nothingness or annihilation."
"Just because we do not perceive something, it is not correct to say it does not exist."
"Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself."
"I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud."
"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions."
