In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh

Topics: Government Quotes

I have offered teachings and practices in 35 countries, and yet in Vietnam, my books...

I have offered teachings and practices in 35 countries, and yet in Vietnam, my books...

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be...

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be...

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects,...

If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects,...

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and see...

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and see...

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is...

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is...

Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future...

Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future...

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You dont need to be accepted by others....

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You dont need to be accepted by others....

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy,...

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy,...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be...

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be...

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into...

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into...

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all...

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all...

Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of...

Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of...

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.