You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let...

Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.” Of course you do not do this out loud; otherwise, someone would call the...

There is no controlling life. Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado. Dam a stream and it will create a new channel. ...

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an...

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary...

may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not...

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice— though the whole...

A single word can brighten the face of one who knows the value of words. Ripened in silence, a single word acquires a great energy for...

Happiness can not be found through great effort and willpower, but is already present, in open relaxation and letting go. Don’t strain...

My mind is not noisy with desires Lord and my heart has satisfied its longing. I do not care about religion... or anything that is not...

Always we hope someone else has the answer, some other place will be better, some other time, it will turn out. This is it. No one else...

Often called the father of Mindfulness; Thích Nhất Hạnh passed away a few weeks ago. He not only had a huge impact on mindfulness in the...