“Without suffering, we do not have the opportunity to cultivate compassion and understanding and without understanding, there can be no true love.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Momentħ. “If you are not able to take care of yourself, if you are not able to accept yourself, how could you accept another person and how could you love him or her?” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the HeartĦ. “To love is to recognize to be loved is to be recognized by the other.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heartĥ. When you love, you bring freedom to the person you love.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the HeartĤ. If you cannot treat your own heart this way, how can you treat your partner with understanding and love?” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Momentģ. “What is love? Love is treating your heart with a great deal of tenderness, with understanding, love, and compassion. “In true love, there is no pride.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the FlamesĢ. Drawn from his awe-inspiring writings on love, here are some of our favorite quotes.ġ. Thích Nhất Hạnh’s philosophy on love, compassion, joy, and equanimity helped shape Buddhist ideology throughout the 20th century. We offer this collection of his quotes to gently remind you to live in the moment while making an active commitment to positive change in your community-and the world. Living his life as a devoted monk, Thích Nhất Hạnh has become a leader in teaching the ideas of humility, compassion, and mindfulness. After the war, Thích Nhất Hạnh moved to the United States to bring this ideology of Engaged Buddhism to the West. He and his fellow monks had to decide between continuing life as if the war were not happening or undertaking the duty of helping their country through the war. An esteemed peace activist and writer, Thích Nhất Hạnh became one of the founders of the Engaged Buddhism movement during the Vietnam War.
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