Jonah

“So, while driving in the car with the person sitting right next to us, we think about other things. We aren't interested in him anymore. What arrogance! The person sitting there beside is really a mystery! We only have the impression that we know her, but we don't know anything yet.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra

“All things arise because of their interdependence, and that is why nothing has a separate, independent identity.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Thundering Silence: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake

“Each of us is a product of our family, environment, friends, education, culture, and society. These conditions lead to a certain way of seeing things and a certain way of responding to things. When we see this, we have compassion for everyone, including ourselves. We see that if we want something to change, we also have to help change his or her family, environment, friends, education, culture, and society. We are responsible, directly or indirectly, for each person's consciousness attitudes.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Thundering Silence: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake

“Imagine one atom of that speck of dust, with electrons traveling around its nucleus at 180,000 miles per second. It is very exciting. To return to a speck of dust with be quite an exciting adventure!”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra