Thich Nhat Hanh Breathing Quotes

#1. Breathing in, there is only the present moment.
Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#2. I'm not interested in the ego trip of creating or not creating. I'm interested in selling a magazine. Rock-bottom, I sell magazines. I'm a thorough professional who does his job.

Jack Kirby

#3. Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is a wonderful moment.

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#4. He is commanded to be strong, with his only equipment the Word of God and implicit obedience to it! Such was Christ's equipment.

Jessie Penn-Lewis

#5. Breathing in, I know I have an unpleasant feeling. Breathing out, I am here for this unpleasant feeling. Breathing in, I calm the feeling in me. Breathing out, I calm the feeling in me.

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#6. You have to learn how to help a wounded child while still practicing mindful breathing. You should not allow yourself to get lost in action. Action should be meditation at the same time.

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#7. When our mind is calm, it reflects reality accurately, without distortion. Breathing, sitting, and walking with mindfulness calms disturbing mental formations such as anger, fear, and despair, allowing us to see reality more clearly.

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#8. If you were hurt at a younger age, its the thought that is killing you now

John Hillman

#9. When we return to our breathing, we return to the present moment, our true home. There's no need for us to struggle to arrive somewhere else. We know our final destination is the cemetery. Why are we in a hurry to get there? Why not step in the direction of life, which is in the present moment?

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#10. Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.

Edward Young

#11. Mindful breathing is the vehicle that you use to go back to your true home.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#12. Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

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#13. Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

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#14. You are the sacred consummation of the sun and the moon and the shadow and you will become the poison of death. [Sylvian]

Karen Maitland

#15. Everyone is breathing, but not everyone is aware that they're breathing.

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#16. To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

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#17. When we walk with solidity and freedom, and when mindfulness of our breathing brings us solidity, freedom, peace, and joy, then the Pure Land is there right away.

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#18. Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.

Andre Gide

#19. There are some battles in life that have only two possible outcomes: they either destroy us or they make us strong.

Paulo Coelho

#20. Existence, faculties, assimilation - in other words, personality, liberty, property - this is man.

Frederic Bastiat

#21. I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around?

James Welch

#22. With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.

Jo Brand

#23. Now that he was dead, Paul could look at him. The cop looked like a big doll that has been badly treated by a gang of nasty children.

Stephen King

#24. We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp.

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#25. We ought to listen to music or sit and practice breathing at the beginning of every meeting or discussion.

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#26. It's not so bad to be a prisoner, if you're working on an escape.

Kim Stanley Robinson

#27. There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod.

Steve Jobs

#28. Love is a living, breathing thing. There is no need to force it to grow in a particular direction. If we start by being easy and gentle with ourselves, we will find it is just there inside of us, solid and healing.

Thich Nhat Hanh