Tao Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Tao

Tao Quotes & Sayings

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In caring for others and serving heaven,
There is nothing like using restraint. — Laozi

The tao is made because we walk it,things become what they are called. — Zhuangzi

I tried to make sense of the Four Books,
until love arrived,
and it all became a single syllable. — Yunus Emre

The grace of Tao
and divine nature (Te)
are not ordered
but eternal spontaneous
action of the One — Lao-Tzu

The eye of Ego to the eye of Tao — Ilchi Lee

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method? — Confucius

Material and infinite are inseparable
Appreciating their interconnectedness
is the gateway to understanding — Lao-Tzu

The farther you go, the less you know. — Laozi

With Taipei Tao Lin becomes the most interesting prose stylist of his generation. — Bret Easton Ellis

I'm a disciple of the Tao of Peter Parker, obviously, — Jim Butcher

Tao in the world is like a river flowing home to the sea. — Laozi

The sage gives more than he takes;
how can he do this?
because he has the richness of Tao — Lao-Tzu

Respect the people you lie to, Tao had taught her. Steal from them long enough, and you will begin to understand them. — Brandon Sanderson

Possessed of the Tao, he endures long; and to the end of his bodily life, is exempt from all danger of decay. — Lao-Tzu

For me art is a spontaneous journey on the crest of the Tao's wave, — David Jay Brown

Once you open your heart, you will start to absorb many things that come from the source - from Tao itself. — Henry Chang

My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression. — Tao Lin

The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things. — Laozi

I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness. — Laozi

Haley Joel Osment said "Party girl" which was a term they had for people who did not speak in a quiet monotone and were not severely detached. — Tao Lin

Emptiness appears barren
yet is infinite fullness — Lao-Tzu

people who don't know what to title their novels/movies can title them 'where's waldo' and insert waldo (or not, depending on tone) in one scene — Tao Lin

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

The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao. — Laozi

I don't know how to incorporate regret. But I'll say, like, "It affected me that way," "I learned this," "Next time maybe I'll do it differently." — Tao Lin

The Tao's principle is spontaneity. — Laozi

Who acts in stillness finds stillness in his life. — Lao-Tzu

The Tao is told is not the Tao. — Laozi

Life has never died, which is something that I think people ignore. — Tao Lin

My idea of enlightenment is when ego and Tao are fused, and Tao is perceived as ego. Then everything happens with complete appropriateness. — Terence McKenna

I like part-time jobs in restaurants. — Tao Lin

Amoeba ass is so hot. — Tao Lin

Nice said Paul staring transfixed at Fran's delicate and extreme gaze, like that of a skeleton with eyeballs, or a person with their face peeled off. — Tao Lin

You will ride the Tao
toward the concrescence
and will be able to live in the light
of its anticipation. — Terence McKenna

The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface. — Laozi

Approach the universe with Tao, And evil will have no power. Not that evil is not powerful, But its power will not be used to harm others. — Laozi

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

When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments. — Zhuangzi

I don't actually enjoy parties or relationships, I just like the idea that I could maybe be in either of those things — Tao Lin

It seems like I'm not [happy]. Because if you look at my tweets and what I think and say, it seems like I'm worried about what's going to happen. — Tao Lin

Sam looked at the sky to see if there were a lot of stars. There seemed to be a normal amount of stars. — Tao Lin

No disaster is worse than being discontented. — Laozi

We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don't know what to do. — Tao Lin

Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice. — Lao-Tzu

Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself. — Bodhidharma

The Tao is hidden, and has no name; but it is the Tao which is skilful at imparting (to all things what they need) and making them complete. — Lao-Tzu

The sun
shines in a bucket of water
and doesn't
get wet. — Brian Taylor

When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly. — Laozi

He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened. TAO TE CHING (600 B.C.E.) — Harvey Spencer Lewis

Perfect tranquillity is the way of heaven and earth. — Lao-Tzu

Countless words
count less
than the silent balance
between yin and yang — Lao-Tzu

There is nothing you cannot do. — Tao Porchon-Lynch

The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight. — Tao Lin

I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes. — Tao Lin

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever. — Laozi

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it. — Zhuangzi

It is fitting for a great nation to yield. — Laozi

Too many words cause exhaustion
[In the mind or from the mouth]
Better to abide in stillness — Lao-Tzu

The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. — Lao-Tzu

I like most any place if I have Internet access. — Tao Lin

From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all. — Laozi

The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day. — Laozi

Yeah. I like Chopin. I feel like Chopin is 'emo.' Do you like Chopin? — Tao Lin

Earth is a divine organism
it cannot be successfully manipulated
Who attempts manipulation will encounter defeat — Lao-Tzu

Sorry, I'd love to hang out with you but this alcohol isn't going to drink itself into incoherence and liver failure — Tao Lin

A Fly can't bird, but a bird can fly. — A.A. Milne

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. — Laozi

When men lost their understanding of the Tao, intelligence came along, bringing hypocrisy with it. — Lao-Tzu

Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony. — Laozi

I never say goodbye, I say, "au-revoir." Goodbye is so final. Au-revoir means I will see you again. — Tao Porchon-Lynch

A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei). — Laozi

It seems like for the last 10 years, I've just been investing in the future. — Tao Lin

I am happiest when I clear my mind and allow the world around me to reteach me what I thought I already knew. — Vironika Tugaleva

The more you talk of it, the less you understand. — Laozi

The sage is sick of being sick (Tao Te Ching) — Robert Baohm

When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. — Laozi

Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day," I said. "But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Pratchett. — Jim Butcher

In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. — Laozi

When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise. — Laozi

Wisest is he who knows what he does not know. — Plato

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao. — Laozi

The Tao cannot be divided, it cannot be shared — Frederick Franck

Hugh Jackman is just the nicest person in the world. I know everybody says that, and it's almost boring to hear, but he is really, really perfect. — Tao Okamoto

Taoism is the profoundest nonconformism that has ever been evolved anywhere in the world, at any time in history; essentially it is rebellion. — Osho

Yielding is the way of the Tao. — Laozi

I don't believe that there is any fourth dimension, and I emphatically do not believe in Tao. — H.P. Lovecraft

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

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening — Zhuangzi

I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering. — Tao Lin

He who devotes himself to the Tao (seeks) from day to day to diminish (his doing). — Lao-Tzu

With those who are kind
the sage is kind
With those who are not kind
the sage is also kind
because the way of Tao is kindness — Lao-Tzu

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

The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground
While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above. — Lao-Tzu

All that we do is governed by the law of opposites in which every so-called positive act is exactly and equally balanced by its opposite.; — Tony Parsons

The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. — Bodhidharma

Failure is our greatest teacher
Blame blinds us to her lessons — Rick Julian

Whenever there is a man of Tao his statements will look absurd. They are, because they don't fit in with your mind. — Osho

The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day. — Laozi

There is nothing we cannot do if we harness the power within us. — Tao Porchon-Lynch

Feel your emotions,
Live true your passions,
Keep still your mind. — Geoffrey M. Gluckman