Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance. - Thích Nhất Hạnh

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.

This is the nonduality principle of Buddhism: there is nothing to throw away. If a person has never suffered, he or she will never be able to know happiness. If a person does not know what hunger is, he or she will never know the joy of eating every day. Thus pain and suffering are a necessary condition of our understanding, of our happiness.

We absorb and reflect what is around us. If we live in a place where people are angry and violent, then eventually we’ll become like them.