Quotations

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

— Scott Hamilton, American figure skater, born 1958

"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team. I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion."

— Mia Hamm, American soccer player, born 1972

"Silence was the first prayer I learned to trust."

— Patricia Hampl, American educator, born 1946

"Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands."

— Lionel Hampton, American pianist, born 1908

"The poet must always, in every instance, have the vibrant word... that by it's trenchancy can so wound my soul that it whimpers.... One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word; one must be able to give one's writing unexpected effects. It must have a hectic, anguished vehemence, so that it rushes past like a gust of air, and it must have a latent, roistering tenderness so that it creeps and steals one's mind; it must be able to ring out like a sea-shanty in a tremendous hour, in the time of the tempest, and it must be able to sigh like one who, in tearful mood, sobs in his inmost heart."

— Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, born 1859

"I thought I saw the face of God."

— George Frideric Handel, German-English composer, born 1685

"I shudder to think of that God would do something like that through me."

— George Frideric Handel, German-English composer, born 1685

"If you know how to suffer, you will suffer less."

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born 1926

"The next Buddha will be named Maitreya, the "Buddha of Love." I think Maitreya Buddha may be a community and not just an individual."

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born 1926

"Every time I turn on the water tap, I practice mindfulness and I see that the water that flows through my fingers is a miracle."

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born 1926

"Each bite of food contains the life of the sun and the earth. The whole universe is in a piece of bread."

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born 1926

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child-our own two eyes. All is a miracle."

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born 1926

"Do not fight against pain; do not fight against irritation or jealousy. Embrace them with great tenderness, as though you were embracing a little baby. Your anger is yourself, and you should not be violent toward it. The same thing goes for all your emotions."

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born 1926

"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."

— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born 1926