Thich Nhat Hanh

When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family. The abbot is like a father and other monks are like your big brothers, your small, younger brothers. It is a kind of family.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.