Book Of Tao Quotes:

Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Heart, Book Of Tao, Security

The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her mind be at one with it? Because she doesn't cling to ideas. The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it. Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.

- Laozi

topic: Time, Dark, Ideas, Book Of Tao

A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.

- Laozi

topic: Artist, Intuition, Want, Good Artist, Book Of Tao

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

- Laozi

topic: Not Caring, People, Tao Te Ching, Tao Ching, Tao Te Ching Leadership

The more you know, the less you carry

- Mors Kochanski

topic: Lack Of Empathy, Aboriginal, Mlm, Spiritual Beings, Patagonia

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

- Laozi

topic: Knives, Blunt, Approach, Kitchen Knives, Spills

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

- Laozi

topic: Darkness Within, Understanding, Tao Te Ching, Book Of Tao

True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.

- Laozi

topic: Leadership, Wise, Men, Tao Te Ching Leadership, Book Of Tao

Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

- Laozi

topic: Tao Te Ching, Desire, Mystery, Book Of Tao

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Travel, Arriving, Journey And Destination, Journey Home

Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

- Laozi

source: Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

topic: Evil, Giving, Tao Te Ching, Tao Wisdom, Book Of Tao

The more you know, the less you need.

- Yvon Chouinard

topic: Positivity, Needs, Lack Of Empathy, Aboriginal, Mlm

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.

- Laozi

topic: Simple, Thinking, Dwelling, Work Family, Tao Ching

Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.

- Laozi

topic: Light, Darkness Within, Imagination, Tao Ching, Book Of Tao

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Change, Spiritual, Tao Wisdom, Book Of Tao

The more you know the less you talk.

- A. R. Rahman

topic: Lack Of Empathy, Aboriginal, Mlm, Spiritual Beings, Patagonia

Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

source: H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.174, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Mlm, Fearless, Tao Te Ching, Lack Of Empathy, Aboriginal

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

- Laozi

source: Laozi, Bi Wang, Paul J. Lin (1977). “A translation of Lao Tzu's Tao te ching and Wang Pi's commentary”, Univ of Michigan Center for chinese

topic: Names, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Tao Wisdom, Book Of Tao

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

- Laozi

topic: Life, Happiness, Spiritual, Life Is Simple, Discovering Yourself

When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

- Laozi

source: Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

topic: Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Done, Pursuit Of Knowledge, Tao Ching

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

- Laozi

topic: Relationship, Respect, Being Yourself, Respect Women, Women Self Respect

When there is no desire, all things are at peace

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Book Of Tao

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.

- Laozi

topic: Beauty, Beautiful, Difficult And Easy, Before And After, Highs And Lows

The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.

- Laozi

topic: Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Desire, Never Expect, Tao Ching

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Patience, Life Is Simple, Greatest Treasure

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Knowing, Know Yourself, Personal Power, Spiritual Wisdom

Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

- Laozi

source: Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

topic: Education, Tao Te Ching, Intelligence, Sharpness, Tao Te Ching Leadership

The more you know the less you need to say.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Life, Greatness, Silence, Lack Of Empathy, Aboriginal

If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Learning, Tao Te Ching, Knowing Others, Tao Ching

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

- Laozi

topic: Thinking, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Yes And No, Overthinking

Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

- Laozi

topic: Thinking, Self, Tao Te Ching, Tao Te Ching Leadership, Book Of Tao

My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

- Laozi

topic: Teaching, Heart, Practice, Tao Te Ching Leadership, Tao Wisdom

The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

- Laozi

topic: Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Used, Tao Te Ching Leadership, Book Of Tao

...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

- Laozi

source: Laozi (2016). “The Tao Te Ching: Annotated Edition”, p.97, Dudeism LLC

topic: Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Saints And Sinners, Tao Te Ching Leadership, Book Of Tao

Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?

- Laozi

topic: Mind, Taoism, Steps, Book Of Tao

The more you know the less you understand.

- Laozi

topic: Taoism, Lack Of Empathy, Aboriginal, Mlm, Spiritual Beings

If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

- Laozi

topic: Giving, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Book Of Tao