Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Zen Master, peace activist, and author known for his teachings on mindfulness and compassion.

"If you have mindfulness, if you feel safe, you recognize that you have plenty of conditions to be happy already, and that you don't need to run into the future in order to get a few more conditions."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"Our feelings are formations, impermanent and without substance. We learn not to identify with ourselves with our feelings, not to consider them as a self, not to seek refuge in them, not to die because of them."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge."

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

"I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud."

Thich Nhat Hanh