Wu Wei Quote by Gordon G. Chang

“In Taoism, we drop things. Since our infancy, we have learned many things that separate us from the universe. We worry about trivial matters,…

— Qiguang Zhao

Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

— Anonymous

“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

“The apprenticeship to passivity—I know nothing more contrary to our habits. (The modern age begins with two hysterics: Don Quixote and Luther.) If we…

— Emil Cioran

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

“At a more serious level, the desirability of aligning our actions with the more powerful laws of nature, society, and psychology, in order to…

— Clayton M. Christensen

“Wu Wei is a delight in knowing that everything will be all right. It is not refusing to do anything, it is refusing to…

— Qiguang Zhao

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

Taoism is the gentle way. The path of least resistence.

— Frederick Lenz

“The Tao is hidden, and has no name; but it is the Tao which is skilful at imparting (to all things what they need)…

— Lao Tzu

The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done. If powerful men and women could venter themselves in it, the whole…

— Laozi

“Tao Te Ching says that it is only through retreat rather than pursuit, through inaction rather than action, that we acquire wisdom. “Those with…

— Michael Finkel