Deep listening is the kidn of listening that can helo relieve the suffereing of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. YOu listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart. - Thich Nhat Hanh

I have the impression that many of us are afraid of silence. We're always taking in something, text, music, radio, television, or thoughts, to occupy the space. If quiet and space are so important for our happiness, why don't we make more room for them in our lives? - Thich Nhat Hanh

Tomorrow, I will continue to be. But you will have to be very attentive to see me. I will be a flower, or a leaf. I will be in these forms and I will say hello to you. If you are attentive enough, you will recognize me, and you may greet me. I will be very happy. Thich Nhat Hanh

When you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything. - Thich Nhat Hanh

May the inspiration of Thich Nhat Hanh’s life deepen our dedication to love in action—to responding with care to the life within and around us. - Tara B.

“What we most need to do is to hear within us the sounds of the earth crying..." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Using loving speech means speaking with love, compassion, and understanding. We try not to use words of blaming or criticizing. We try not to speak with judgment, bitterness, or anger because we know that words can create a lot of suffering. We speak calmly, with understanding, using only words that inspire confidence, joy, and hope in others." - Thich Nhat Hanh

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself. - Thich Nhat Hanh

We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in term of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life. – Thich Nhat Hanh