Tao Quotes - Page 7

• A mystic sees beyond the illusion of separateness into the intricate web of life in which all things are expressions of a single Whole. You can call this web "God, the Tao, the Great Spirit, the Infinite Mystery, Mother or Father," but it can be known only as love.

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Mother, Father, Expression

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• When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power or virtue. It is something within a person, and it is enhanced by following the Tao, or 'that from which nothing can deviate'.

  Laozi

  Names, Taoism, Doe

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• 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 right path?

  Confucius

  Business, Effort, Taoism

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• 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 mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

  Laozi

  Practice, Oneness, Feelings

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• It means that Tao doesn't force or interfere with things, but lets them work in their own way, to produce results naturally. Then whatever needs to be done is done.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Mean, Needs, Done

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

  Terence McKenna

  Light, Able, Anticipation

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• Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish. To do so is their TAO. But it is not from extensive study that this may be known, nor by dialectical skill that his may be made clear. The true sage will have none of these.

  Zhuangzi

  Moon, Skills, Heaven

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• Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious of sorrow and happiness - that is perfect virtue. One, without change - that is perfect repose. Without any obstruction - that is the perfection of the unconditioned. Holding no relations with the external world, - that is perfection of the negative state. Without blemish of any kind, - that is the perfection of purity.

  Zhuangzi

  Hate, Heart, Loss

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• Taoism ... is the Religion of the Tao, a term meaning Path or Way, but denoting in this peculiar case the way, course or movement of the Universe, her processes and methods. In other words, Taoism is the Religion of Heaven and Earth, of the Cosmos, of the World or Nature in the broadest sense of these words. Hence we may call it Naturism.

  Jan Jakob Maria de Groot

  Heaven, Taoism, Peculiar

  Jan Jakob Maria de Groot (1892). “The Religious System of China: Its Ancient Forms, Evolution, History and Present Aspects, Manners, Custom and Social Institutions Connected Therewith”, p.66, Brill Archive

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• What we mean by Tao is the way or course of Nature. This way has nothing good or bad, it is a mere flowing of things following the development and decline attributes of the moment.

  Jian Yang

  Mean, Taoism, Development

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• When your mind is empty of prejudices you can see the Tao. When your heart is empty of desires you can follow the Tao.

  Lu Jun Hong

  Heart, Mind, Taoism

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• The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Accomplishment, Taoism

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• The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

  Laozi

  Humility, Compassion, Views

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• To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

  Confucius

  Taoism, Needs, Ifs

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• The mind remains undetermined in the great Void. Here the highest knowledge is unbounded. That which gives things their thusness cannot be delimited by things. So when we speak of 'limits', we remain confined to limited things. The limit of the unlimited is called 'fullness.' The limitlessness of the limited is called 'emptiness.' Tao is the source of both. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness

  Zhuangzi

  Giving, Mind, Void

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• Lao Tsu says the way of life is ancient, timeless. It is existence which he calls the Tao - a mysterious source, beyond understanding, and all of us are a reflection, if not that source of life ourselves.

  Frederick Lenz

  Reflection, Understanding, Taoism

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• Many sections are taken up with political discussions and how the way of the ruler, the merchant, the householder, and the army interact with the Tao.

  Frederick Lenz

  Taken, Army, Political

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• Unconscious of the existence of Tao, beings live supposing themselves to be separate from the universal intelligence, supposing themselves to be powerful or to be weak, thinking that they live their lives and die their deaths.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Thinking, Taoism

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• Chaos is not disorder. Chaos is the totality of existence. You could call it God. You could use the term, the Tao. I like chaos. It means more to us in English. Chaos is all things, wild and wonderful, connected perfectly by the life force.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mean, Science, Taoism

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• Enlightenment is part of everything and so our minds have to be very big to encompass all things, to understand all things - To see the tao in a grape, the act of sexuality, meditation, work, play, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, being sick and hurting.

  Frederick Lenz

  Hurt, Play, Sick

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• Be in harmony with the Tao, with the basic principles of creation. To not be in harmony with that flow, no matter how hard you meditate, you will not be happy and you won't be liberated.

  Frederick Lenz

  Taoism, Principles, Matter

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• The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.

  Laozi

  Perfect, House, Design

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• Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. . . . When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.

  Zhuangzi

  Nature, Intelligent, Taoism

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• The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet.

  Laozi

  Feet, Mind, Taoism

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.

  Laozi

  Practice, Feet, Taoism

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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