Taoism Quotes - Page 22

• He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

  Laozi

  Trust, Doe, Trust No One

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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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, Use

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• The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Trust No One, Order

  "Tao Te Ching". Ch. 57, 4th century BC.

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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, Weak

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• Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Life, Jobs, People

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• Without innocence, nothing can further, as they say in the I Ching.

  Frederick Lenz

  Innocence

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• In the West when you talk about yin and yang, people normally think of yin and yang as something that's linear. But in the east we tend to think of yin and yang as circles. They're two circles that actually can lie on top of each other, yet they remain separate.

  Frederick Lenz

  Lying, Thinking, Circles

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• Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended.

  Zhuangzi

  Silence, Tao

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• Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.

  Hugo Black

  Country, Buddhism, Law

  "Torcaso v. Watkins, 367 U.S. 488". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 19, 1961.

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• Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Attitude, Views

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

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• Taoism extols the virtue of flexibility. What survives on earth is what effortlessly adapts to the changing environment and changing circumstances.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Change, Earth, Changing Environment

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• Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

  Laozi

  Perfection, Imperfect, Willingness

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• The words of truth are always paradoxical.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Wise, Truth

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent - herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.

  Zhuangzi

  Spiritual, Lying, Intelligent

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• Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

  Zhuangzi

  Motivational, Encouraging, Spiritual

  Zhuangzi, Gia-fu Feng (1974). “Chuang tsu: Inner chapters”, Vintage

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• The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.

  Laozi

  Way, Eternal

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• To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

  Laozi

  Book, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• To lead people, walk behind them.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Business, People

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• He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

  Laozi

  Powerful, Learning, Intelligent

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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• In ordinary life, we are not aware of the unity of all things, but divide the world into separate objects and events. This division is useful and necessary to cope with our everyday environment, but it is not a fundamental feature of reality. It is an abstraction devised by our discriminating and categorising intellect. To believe that our abstract concepts of separate 'things' and 'events' are realities of nature is an illusion.

  Fritjof Capra

  Believe, Reality, Unity

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• Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it's Christianity, which is a very structured approach, or if it's something that's a little more open-ended... like, Zen's something you can make yourself a part of. You can interpret it for yourself, like Taoism and stuff like that.

  Barry Zito

  Guy, Needs, Want

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• To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless meaning in this, and also endless function.

  Zicheng Hong

  Attitude, People, Deception

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• Praise of power leads to weakness; Love of things leads to loss; The wise one leads by filling people's hearts; He destroys illusion and disturbs those who believe they are wise; He does nothing yet everything happens.

  Laozi

  Wise, Believe, Heart

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

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Saints And Sinners, Book Of Tao

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

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

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Used, Wells

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