Best Tao Quotes

219 Tao quotes by 49 unique authors

Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution. — Laozi
To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual… — Zhuangzi
With Taipei Tao Lin becomes the most interesting prose stylist of his generation. — Bret Easton Ellis
Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view. — Laozi
It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler.… — Laozi
From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all. — Laozi
When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise. — Laozi
If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew would fall. People… — Laozi
Yielding is the way of the Tao. — Laozi
Sorcery breaks no law of nature because there is no Natural Law, only the spontaneity of natura naturans, the tao. Sorcery violates laws which seek… — Hakim Bey
Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early… — Laozi
A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men. Water is… — Laozi
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments. — Zhuangzi
(The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere,… — Laozi
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. — Laozi
The hidden so-called scholars of old did not hide themselves and refuse to be seen. They did not close the door on their words and… — Zhuangzi
Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances… — Laozi
There are three layers to the universe. In the lower, Tai Ching, and the middle, Shan Ching, the hindrance of a physical bodily existence is… — Laozi
Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying… — Laozi
But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the… — Confucius
When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his… — Confucius
The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her… — Laozi
Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao. — Laozi
Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your… — Laozi
All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao. — Zhuangzi

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