- Thich Nhat Hanh

Quotes and Sayings by Other Buddhists

Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb

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

Be gentle first with yourself - if you wish to be gentle with others.
- Lama Yeshe

At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
- Pema Chodron

Abandon hope.
- Pema Chodron

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.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

We really have to understand the person we want to love.
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

When someone has a strong intuitive connection,
Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.
- Richard Gere