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> [“There's no escaping the Taoist adage, "Those who speak do not know, those who know do not speak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/there-s-no-escaping-the-taoist-adage-those-who-speak-do-not-know/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

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## More by Thomas Hoover

> [“Only in formal meditation can there be the real beginning of understanding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/only-in-formal-meditation-can-there-be-the-real-beginning-of/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“At the evening gathering the Master addressed the assembly, saying: "Sometimes I take away man and do not take away the surroundings; sometimes I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/at-the-evening-gathering-the-master-addressed-the-assembly-saying/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“Words can point the way, but the path must be traveled in silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/words-can-point-the-way-but-the-path-must-be-traveled-in-silence/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/zen-would-have-our-perception-of-the-world-indeed-our-very-thoughts/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“Contemplation of the movement and shifting composition of sea-waves is a useful symbolical approach; for, not only are the waves and the sea identical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/contemplation-of-the-movement-and-shifting-composition-of-sea-waves/)

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> [“Cultivation is of no use for the attainment of Tao. The only thing that one can do is to be free of defilement. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/cultivation-is-of-no-use-for-the-attainment-of-tao-the-only-thing/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“. . . the ignorant and the simple minded, not knowing that the world is what is seen of Mind itself, cling to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/the-ignorant-and-the-simple-minded-not-knowing-that-the-world-is-what/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“Whereas the logical mode of thought can only manipulate the world view of given paradigm, intuition can inspire genuine creativity, since it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/whereas-the-logical-mode-of-thought-can-only-manipulate-the-world/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“Westerners view the physical world as the operative reality and the unseen, nonphysical world as an abstraction (comforting or not, depending upon our beliefs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/westerners-view-the-physical-world-as-the-operative-reality-and-the/)

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> [“Aesthetic ideals emerging from Zen art focus heavily on naturalness, on the emphasis of man's relation to nature. The Zen artists, as do many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/aesthetic-ideals-emerging-from-zen-art-focus-heavily-on-naturalness/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“The right pace, neither slow nor fast, cannot get into the hand unless it comes from the heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/the-right-pace-neither-slow-nor-fast-cannot-get-into-the-hand-unless/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“Extinguish desire and suffering goes with it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/extinguish-desire-and-suffering-goes-with-it/)

[Thomas Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hoover/)

> [“A good cook changes his knife once a year because he cuts, while a mediocre cook has to change his every month because he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/a-good-cook-changes-his-knife-once-a-year-because-he-cuts-while-a/)

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> [“The master Wen-yu summed it up when he answered a demand for the First Principle of Ch'an with, "If words could tell you, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/the-master-wen-yu-summed-it-up-when-he-answered-a-demand-for-the/)

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> [“There is nothing difficult about the Great Way But, avoid choosing! Only when you neither love nor hate, Does it appear in all clarity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hoover/there-is-nothing-difficult-about-the-great-way-but-avoid-choosing/)

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