Tao Quotes - Page 9

• A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed.
  A brave and calm man will always preserve life.
  Of these two which is good and which is harmful?

  Laozi

  Men, Two, Brave

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn't there, but you'll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Country, Evil

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• All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Grateful, Humility

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• Do It With Style It's not enough that we want to change the world. It's not enough that our product is incredibly complex and our vision is vast and shifting. We're not just going to win, we're going to do it with style. That means a lot of different things, and a lot of what it means can't be captured in a handbook.

  Philip Rosedale

  Mean, Winning, Style

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• 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

  Leadership, Wise, Men

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• The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

  Mencius

  People, Effort, Taoism

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• Who can enjoy enlightenment and remain indifferent to suffering in the world? This is not in keeping with the Way. Only those who increase their service along with their understanding can be called men and women of Tao.

  Laozi

  Men, Understanding, Suffering

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

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• You are still guided by your expectations.

  Zhuangzi

  Expectations, Stills

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• If this seems complex, the reason is because Tao is both simple and complex. It is complex when we try to understand it, and simple when we allow ourselves to experience it.

  Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal

  Science, Simple, Simplicity

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• Change,connectivity,and learning to live well with others and with Nature and her ways will be the features of the world when seen through the eye of Tao.

  Ilchi Lee

  Eye, World, Way

  FaceBook post by Ilchi Lee from May 22, 2014

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

  Laozi

  Home, Sea, Rivers

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.

  Confucius

  Sadness, Men, Self

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• 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

  Ideas, Ego, Enlightenment

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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.

  Ming-Dao Deng

  Spiritual, Teaching, Eye

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

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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.

  Ming-Dao Deng

  Way, Flow, Sometimes

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

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• The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center.

  Laozi

  Evil, Giving, Saint

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• There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is the mother of the universe. For lack of a better name, I call it the Tao. It flows through all things, inside and outside, and returns to the origin of all things. The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows the earth. Earth follows the universe. The universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.

  Laozi

  Mother, Men, Names

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

  Zhuangzi

  Made, Walks

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

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Men, Everyday

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• There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose; tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It could be the mother of everything. Not knowing its name, I call it Tao.

  Laozi

  Mother, Moving, Names

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• As Lao Tzu says, "The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao".

  Hubert Selby, Jr.

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• When everything starts breaking down, the Taos Indians say, go into your house, and pull the drapes so you don't see all the craziness going on, which could cause fear. And just stay in your heart and let Mother Earth and all the energies that you are intimately part of do their job and stay in trust. It is easy to say and harder to do. It is just like when you get cancer or something like that and people are told that they are going to die, and then they get really worried. But we are immortal. We've always been alive .

  Drunvalo Melchizedek

  Mother, Jobs, Cancer

  Source: beforeitsnews.com

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• Since we have been out of balance so heavily towards the male, it is going to be the feminine energy which will now move into a place of enormous influence and enormous impact, as that energy creates a confluence of all the energies surrounding our experience of deities, of the Tao of God, and our expression of that experience in our daily lives.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Moving, Impact, Expression

  Source: www.enlighteningtimes.com

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• The true "Way" cannot be used to look into the heart of another, and can only be appreciated and found on one's own. What others say is but "oral Zen" - Zen not practiced but simply preached or talked about.

  Henry Chang

  Heart, Looks, Way

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• The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.

  Olivia Wilde

  Tragedy, Inspired, Partnership

  "Olivia Wilde: Hitting It Big". Interview with Carole Radziwill, www.glamour.com. May 4, 2011.

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