Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis o

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and present moment awareness. It encourages us to approach even simple activities like drinking tea with reverence and intention, savoring each sip. By associating the act of drinking tea with the axis on which the earth revolves, it highlights the significance of finding balance and harmony in our lives. It advises against rushing through life and always focusing on the future, instead encouraging us to embrace the present and find tranquility in the simplest of moments.

Topics

Life Inspirational Present

By Thich Nhat Hanh

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rog

Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).

Humanity Friendship Family Friends Human Nature Humans Humankind Insight I Elves Human Behavior Elven Cyberpunk Inside Ourselves

We have to understand how the extremists got the way they ar

We have to understand how the extremists got the way they are. Without that kind of understanding, we'd never really get to know them. I put in nothing about their childhoods. But what I have put in is stuff about the weird symbiotic relationship between us and them.

Relationship

Mother, you have my father much offended.

Mother, you have my father much offended.

William Shakespeare

Funny Shakespeare Hamlet Sassy

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and un

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.

Politics

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

Learning

An hour of practice is worth five hours of foot-dragging.

An hour of practice is worth five hours of foot-dragging.

Practice

I went to a gay bar, they wanted proof of sex so I showed th

I went to a gay bar, they wanted proof of sex so I showed them, they said it wasn't enough.

Rodney Dangerfield

History

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed awa

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

Intuition

The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achi

The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the will to power must increase with each fulfillment, making the fulfillment only a step to a further one. The vaster the power gained the vaster the appetite for more.

Ursula K. LeGuin

Power

Our cause is just. Our union is perfect.

Our cause is just. Our union is perfect.

Revolution

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Chr

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.

Dag Hammarskjold

Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very

Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment.

Communication