Appreciation Quote by Benjamin Hoff

But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with whatever happens…

— Benjamin Hoff

“To be a Taoist, one need not engage in fanatical denial of any part of life, nor does one need to leave family and…

— Ming-Dao Deng

Taoism extols the virtue of flexibility. What survives on earth is what effortlessly adapts to the changing environment and changing circumstances.

— Ernie J Zelinski

“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

What we mean by Tao is the way or course of Nature. This way has nothing good or bad, it is a mere flowing…

— Anonymous

Some people think Taoism means not doing anything, just going on with your life. That has little or nothing to do with Taoism.

— Frederick Lenz

Taoism shows us how to deal with life and death by realizing everything here is transitory but its substance is eternal:

— Frederick Lenz

Taoism means streching your being, becoming both a man and a woman and joining within yourself, to be the heavens themselves, to stretch your…

— Frederick Lenz

It means that Tao doesn't force or interfere with things, but lets them work in their own way, to produce results naturally. Then whatever…

— Benjamin Hoff

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

Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few,…

— Laozi

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