“Looking at Your Empty Bowl” — Thich Nhat Hanh Quote

“Looking at Your Empty Bowl”

“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”

“Walking on the Earth”

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”

“It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.”

“Thank you father, thank you. I know you watched me from above and protected me. I promise I shall serve the Magnarian Confederation with all my body and soul. I shall dedicate myself fully to our confederation, the family that you so loved. And I love it too. I shall protect, love and respect it always. This is my promise and commitment. Thank you”

“We live in the era of the scientific savage,” he reflected, “where all the wisdom of science,”

“I have been impressed by the realization that a few men have virtually 'decided' what experiences count and even exist in the world. The language of Western science--the reigning construct of male hegemony--precludes the ability to express the experiential realities it talks about. Virtually all the actual experiences of this world, expressed through the manifest and mysterious characteristics of all the different beings, are unrepresented in the stainless steel edicts of experts. Where is the voice of the voiceless in the scientific literature, including the literature of environmental ethics?”

“The trouble is the field of science, medicine, universities, biotech companies - you name it - have been so splintered, layers, sub-divided, hacked that people can spend their entire career studying one tiny little cog of life.”

“Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.”