Dao Quotes: top 52 famous quotes about Dao

Dao Quotes & Sayings

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Give back what you have learned. Share your experience. — Ming-Dao Deng

Eventually, the time of action must come. When this happens, be a winner! Don't settle for mediocre results. Don't try to stay even. Go for it all! — Ming-Dao Deng

All the drain leads to the ocean...
So chill out and enjoy the motion! — Ana Claudia Antunes

Don't confuse pressure with pleasure. For some people it"s not sure if they are having a seizure or ceasure — Ana Claudia Antunes

In 1956 two American physicists, Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang, suggested that the weak force does not in fact obey the symmetry P. — Stephen Hawking

Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without heroes I just want to be a man. — Bei Dao

When I let go of who I am, I become who I might be. — Lao-Tzu

If you are what you eat, then you are shaped by what you share as you eat. — Deng Ming-Dao

Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me. — Bei Dao

An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest. — Ming-Dao Deng

Who you are is always right. — Ming-Dao Deng

Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage. — Ming-Dao Deng

Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result. — Ming-Dao Deng

Markings in dry clay disappear
Only when the clay is soft again.
Scars upon the self disappear
Only when one becomes soft within. — Ming-Dao Deng

Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion. — Ming-Dao Deng

When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake. — Ming-Dao Deng

Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their friendship is as true as ever. — Ming-Dao Deng

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive. — Ming-Dao Deng

Receive without complaint, Work with fate. — Ming-Dao Deng

As a writer, the most important thing for me is to continue to write, no matter where I am. — Bei Dao

If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you. — Ming-Dao Deng

Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be still. — Ming-Dao Deng

Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe. — Ming-Dao Deng

They crossed the Mondego and Dao rivers to Viseu and headed south to Coimbra and Leiria. — Robert Wilson

We must not fall into the trap of waiting so long for the big things that we let numerous small chances slip right by us. — Ming-Dao Deng

Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune. — Ming-Dao Deng

Keep life simple ... turn toward the divine. It satisfies, it brings knowledge, and it brings joy. — Ming-Dao Deng

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant. — Ming-Dao Deng

We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are. — Ming-Dao Deng

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing. — Ming-Dao Deng

Expression is never helped by suppression. — Ming-Dao Deng

Even on the road to hell, flowers can make you smile. — Ming-Dao Deng

If i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.the best actor can divide role from self.the best liar can divide truth from falsity. — Ming-Dao Deng

Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human. — Ming-Dao Deng

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased. — Ming-Dao Deng

Use a mirror in difficult times. You will see both cause and resolution. — Ming-Dao Deng

The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world. — Ming-Dao Deng

Freedom is nothing but the distance
between the hunter and the hunted — Bei Dao

There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary. — Ming-Dao Deng

One gains by losing and loses by gaining. — Lao-Tzu

In the world I am
Always a stranger
I do not understand its language
It does not understand my silence — Bei Dao

Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art. — Ming-Dao Deng

The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance. — Ming-Dao Deng

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words. — Ming-Dao Deng

Once you have seen the face of God, you see the same face on everyone you meet. — Ming-Dao Deng

You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things. — Ming-Dao Deng

The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy? — Ming-Dao Deng

Sharing the same meal reaffirms kinship. — Deng Ming-Dao

Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names. — Ming-Dao Deng

Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow. — Ming-Dao Deng

Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us. — Ming-Dao Deng

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response. — Ming-Dao Deng