Each season has its own beauty. Thich Thien-An More Quotes by Thich Thien-An More Quotes From Thich Thien-An So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet. Thich Thien-An mind water life In Zen, actions speak louder than words. Doing is more important than knowing, and knowledge which cannot be translated into action is of little worth. Thich Thien-An actions-speak-louder-than-words knowing knowledge The beauty of Zen is found in simplicity and tranquility, in a sense of the all-embracing harmony of things. Thich Thien-An tranquility simplicity beauty In Zen Buddhism an action is considered good when it brings happiness and well-being to oneself and others, evil when it brings suffering and harm to oneself and others. Thich Thien-An buddhism evil happiness If we are always demanding something out of life, then we will never be content. But if we accept life as it is, then we will know contentment. Thich Thien-An contentment accepting knows We all shed salty tears and shed red blood. All is one. Thich Thien-An red tears blood To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all. Thich Thien-An buddhism anger kindness Since everything is interrelated, since all things depend one upon another, nothing is absolute, nothing is separate, but all are part of the one indivisible whole. Thich Thien-An indivisible whole all-things
