Ming-Dao Deng Quotes

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• All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

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  Inspirational, Teacher, Teaching

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• It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.

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  Way, Flow, Tao

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.

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  Phoenix, Ashes

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• The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.

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  Crush, Ocean, Fighting

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.

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  Fighting, Warrior, Looks

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• Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names.

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  Names, Identity, Labels

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• A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. ... Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.

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  Rain, Character, Roots

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

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  Decision, Superstitions, Confirmation

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• Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe.

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  Want, Spirituality, Breathe

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• Once you have seen the face of God, you see the same face on everyone you meet.

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  Faces, Same Face

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• 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.

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  Ideas, Use, Rooms

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• The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

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  Gratitude, Appreciation, Doe

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• Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

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  Support, Mind, Important

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• You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.

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  May, Great Things, Small Things

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• 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.

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  Water, Mind, Clear

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “365 Tao: Daily Meditations”, p.17, Harper Collins

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• Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day.

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  Suffering, Bears, Better Days

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• There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.

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  Lying, Garden, Religion

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “365 Tao: Daily Meditations”, p.29, Harper Collins

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• The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teaching adherents to be directly spiritual, but in persuading them to trust in the intercession of ministers or priests. The problem with this approach is that we cannot gain access to spirituality except through the medium of a fallible human being. If we want to see Tao, we need only open our eyes and trust what we see.

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  Spiritual, Teaching, Eye

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony”, p.4, Harper Collins

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• A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

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  Moving, Doors, Water

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• Only when peace lives within each of us, will it live outside of us. We must be the wombs for a new harmony. When it is small, peace is fragile. Like a baby, it needs nurturing attention. We must protect peace from violence and perversion if it is to grow. We must be strong to do this. But force, even in the name of honor, is always tragic. Instead, we must use the strength of wisdom and conscience. Only that power can nurture peace in this difficult time.

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  Baby, Peace, Strong

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

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  Squares, Tree, Taoism

  Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “365 Tao: Daily Meditations”, p.38, Harper Collins

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

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  Friendship, Real Friends, Years

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• Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

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  Fall, Wrestling, Fate

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• Give back what you have learned. Share your experience.

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  Giving, Experience, Giving Back

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• Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion.

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  Compassion, Addiction, Worry

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