Frogs Quote by Benjamin Hoff

“A frog in a well cannot discuss the ocean, because he is limited by the size of his well. A summer insect cannot discuss…

— Zhuangzi

“For Taoism concerns itself with unconventional knowledge, with the understanding of life directly, instead of in the abstract, linear terms of representational thinking.”

— Alan Wilson Watts

“it is really impossible to appreciate what is meant by the Tao without becoming, in a rather special sense, stupid.”

— Alan Wilson Watts

It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like…

— Anonymous

Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. . . . When one is at ease with himself, one is near…

— Zhuangzi

When you study the Tao Te Ching, you have to use your heart to try to imagine what Tao really is.

— Henry Chang

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to…

— Zhuangzi

“Flexibility, spontaneity, and complete freedom of thought and action are the only ways to respond successfully to the constant flux of nature and thus…

— Daniel P. Reid

The Tao asks you to clearly see the parallels between you and this naturally flowing substance that allows life to sustain itself. Live as…

— Wayne Dyer

Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.

— Laozi

“But spontaneity is not by any means a blind, disorderly urge, a mere power of caprice. A philosophy restricted to the alternatives of conventional…

— Alan Wilson Watts

“Taoist (as well as Buddhist) science therefore seeks the eternal, universal light of consciousness that lies hidden like a 'shining pearl' in the heart…

— Paul Reid