Phan Dan

“Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life

“Ending Notions of Happiness

Each of us has a notion of how we can be happy. It would be very helpful if we took the time to reconsider our notions of happiness. We could make a list of what we think we need to be happy : "I can only be happy if ... " [...] Where did these ideas come from? Are they reality? Or are they only your notions? If you are committed to a particular notion of happiness, you do not have much chance to be happy.
Happiness arrives from many directions. If you have a notion that it comes only from one direction, you will miss all of these other opportunities because you want happiness to come only from the direction you want.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life

“don't be a scholar
be a fool for love instead
if you're the moon in the sky, fall down
become the dirt on the road
be together with young and old. good and bad
if you start out as a pawn
you'll become the king later on”
― Jalaluddin Rumi, رباعيات جلال الدين الرومي

“I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life