Taoism Quotes - Page 26

• Just as when water is frozen in to a form as ice and then melts - so at the time of death, there is no death. The spirit simply changes form.

  Frederick Lenz

  Ice, Water, Frozen

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• 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

  Mean, Thinking, People

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• There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and harmonious, promoting communication with a cheerful demeanor and friendly words, that is much better than formal meditation practice.

  Zicheng Hong

  Real, Communication, Meditation Practice

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• Don't be too severe in criticizing people's faults; consider how much they can bear. Don't be too lofty in enjoining virtue, so people may be able to follow.

  Zicheng Hong

  People, May, Able

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• The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole... But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it.

  Laozi

  Oneness, Giving, Understanding

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• My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription; not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.

  Laozi

  Medicine, Mind, Maps

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

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• Do you think that you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear. Integral awareness is fluid and adaptable, present in all places and at all times. That is true meditation. ... The Tao is clear and simple, and it doesn't avoid the world.

  Laozi

  Simple, Thinking, Meditation

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

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• If you are not lax when at leisure, you will be effective when busy. If you are not absentminded in tranquility, that will be useful in action. If you are not hypocritical in private, that will show up in public.

  Zicheng Hong

  Leisure, Lax, Action

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• Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

  Zhuangzi

  Knowledge, Breaking Down, Break

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• Polish what you polish until it is like gold that has been refined a hundred times; anything that is done in a hurry is not deeply developed. Do what you do like a thousand-pound catapult; one who pops off too easily does not accomplish much.

  Zicheng Hong

  Gold, Doe, Done

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• When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.

  Laozi

  War, People, Funeral

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• The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

  Laozi

  Deep Water, States, Weaponry

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• When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains.

  Laozi

  Enemy, Bitterness, Making Peace

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• Although there are weapons for tens and hundreds of soldiers, they will not be used.

  Laozi

  Soldier, Weapons, Used

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• Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Men, Enemy

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• Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Appreciation, Perspective, Understanding

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• Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!

  Zhuangzi

  Home, Years, Forget

  Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.49, Columbia University Press

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

  Zhuangzi

  Lying, Men, Honor

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• The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.

  Laozi

  Life, Wise, Learning

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.81, Shambhala Publications

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• I slumbered spring's morning and missed the dawn from everywhere, I heard the cry of birds. That night the sound of wind and rain came. Who knows how many petals had fallen?

  Meng Haoran

  Summer, Morning, Spring

  Meng Haoran, “Spring Dawn”

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• The sickness of indulging desires can be treated, but the sickness of clinging to abstract principles is hard to treat. Obstacles presented by events and objects can be removed, but obstacles presented by social principles are hard to remove.

  Zicheng Hong

  Desire, Principles, Events

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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, Peculiar, Cosmos

  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, Development, Way

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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, Desire

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• Lao-tze's Taoism is the exhibition of a way or method of living which men should cultivate as the highest and purest development of their nature.

  James Legge

  Men, Laos, Exhibitions

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