Words spoken about the Way have no taste. When looked at, there's not enough to see. When listened to, there's not enough… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life. — Laozi Copy Share Image
All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“[S]een as a whole the universe is a harmony or symbiosis of patterns which cannot exist without each other.” — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
The strongest factor in conditioning is sex, in the sense that the first thing that a person is really taught is whether… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The love of a Sage for his fellows likewise finds expression amongst mankind. Were he not told sop, he would not know… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
In matters of desire, don't get hastily involved because of easy availability; once you get involved, you will sink in deeply. In… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“Great power is worry, and total power is boredom, such that even God renounces it and pretends, instead, that he is people… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Polish what you polish until it is like gold that has been refined a hundred times; anything that is done in a… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power… — Laozi Copy Share Image
People are considered pure of heart when they do not approach power and pomp; but those who can be near without being… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist,"I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh ," he said. "It is,"… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“But spontaneity is not by any means a blind, disorderly urge, a mere power of caprice. A philosophy restricted to the alternatives… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“You can trust everyone to be human, with all the quirks and inconsistencies we humans display, including disloyalty, dishonesty and downright treachery.… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
“Currently where you are is on a huge globe with a relatively thin crust of stone, containing fire in its bowels, rotating… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
“The Formless Way We look at it, and do not see it; it is invisible. We listen to it, and do not… — Tao Te Ching - Translated by S. Beck Copy Share Image
“Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. However, when they have all… — Liezi Copy Share Image
“Travel is such a wonderful experience! Especially when you forget you are traveling. Then you will enjoy whatever you see and do.… — Liezi Copy Share Image
What is essential to practice the Tao is to get rid of cravings and vexations. If these afflictions are not removed, it… — Zhang Sanfeng Copy Share Image
“In the twentieth century, Buddhism and Taoism gained many adherents in Europe who banged gongs and breathed through their diaphragm and talked… — Patrik Ouředník Copy Share Image