Nhat Hanh Quotes

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
Nhat Hanh

Positive, Why, Try

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
Nhat Hanh

Life, Work, Peace

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.
Nhat Hanh

Love, Person, Ignore

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.
Nhat Hanh

Enemy, Real, Order

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
Nhat Hanh

Change, True, Both

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
Nhat Hanh

Peace, Smile, Important

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Nhat Hanh

Smile, Joy, Sometimes

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

Peace, Human, Practice

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Nationality: Vietnamese

Born: October 11, 1926

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