Nhat Hanh Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.

  Nhat Hanh

  Family, Peace, War

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.10, Penguin

• We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance.

  Nhat Hanh

  Karma, War, Ignorance

  Thich Nhat Hanh (1993). “Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change”, p.75, Parallax Press

• The war is in our souls.

  Nhat Hanh

  War, Soul

• With mindfulness - the practice of peace - we can begin by working to transform the wars in ourselves. Conscious breathing helps us do this.

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  War, Practice, Breathing

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “For a Future to Be Possible: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.12, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Peace, War, Work

• Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.

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  War, Too Late, Preventing

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.200, ReadHowYouWant.com

• We who have touched war have a duty to bring the truth about war to those who have not had a direct experience of it. We are the light at the tip of the candle. It is really hot, but it has the power of shining and illuminating. If we practice mindfulness, we will know how to look deeply into the nature of war and, with our insight, wake people up so that together we can avoid repeating the same horrors again and again.

  Nhat Hanh

  War, Light, Together We Can

• 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

  Peace, Real, War

• If you have not suffered hunger, you do not appreciate having something to eat. If you have not gone through a war, you don't know the value of peace. That is why we should not try to run away from one thing after another thing. Holding our suffering, looking deeply into it, we find a way to happiness.

  Nhat Hanh

  Running, War, Appreciate

• The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

  Nhat Hanh

  War, Roots, Our Society

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.86, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

• We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war with ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.

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  Running, Time, War

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.24, Harmony

• The other person has wrong perceptions about himself and about us. And we have wrong perceptions about ourselves and the other person. And that is the foundation for violence and conflict and war.

  Nhat Hanh

  War, Perception, Foundation

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

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