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“Life waits patiently for true heroes. It is dangerous when those aspiring to be heroes cannot wait until they find themselves.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“Life is miraculous, even in its suffering. Without suffering, life would not be possible. There is nothing permanent, and there is no separate self. Neither is there impermanence or no-self. When we see life deeply, there is no death. Therefore, it isn’t necessary to say “everlasting life.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“To live, we must die every instant. We must perish again and again in the storms that make life possible.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“They did not know that when the mind divides reality up, when it judges and discriminates, it kills paradise. Please do not scold the sunlight. Do not chastise the clear stream or the little birds of spring.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“The secret of Zen masters is discovering the path of return to such moments, and knowing how to pave the way for such moments to arise. The masters know how to use the dazzling light of those moments to illuminate the journey of return, the journey that begins from nowhere and has no destination.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“We can rejoice that our world does have many bodhisattvas who can be found on every path of return, sowing seeds of faith, resolve, and confidence. Kwan Yin, for example, always finds ways to be with those who are suffering. She fears nothing, and uses whatever means are appropriate to the circumstance. She takes on whatever form is neededâ€� monk, politician, merchant, scholar, woman, child, god, or demon. Can we listen deeply like Kwan Yin? Using every form and means possible in the spirit of Kwan Yin, we will bring help to our world.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“People think it is impossible to establish a system of ethics without referring to good or evil. But clouds float, flowers bloom, and wind blows. What need have they for a distinction between good and evil? There are people who live like clouds, flowers, and wind, who don’t think about morals, yet many people point to their actions and words as religious and ethical models, and they praise them as saints. These saints simply smile. If they revealed that they do not know what is good and what is evil, people would think they were crazy”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966

“Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet, to infuse every act of body, speech, and mind with mindfulness, to illuminate every leaf and pebble, every heap of garbage, every path that leads to our mind’s return home. Only a person who has grasped the art of cooking, washing dishes, sweeping, and chopping wood, someone who is able to laugh at the world’s weapons of money, fame, and power, can hope to descend the mountain as a hero.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966