177 Quotes About Tao

"Tao ‘is’ before wordsand before deeds"

"It can be passed on, but not received.It can be obtained, but not seen.可傳而不可受，可得而不可見."

"The sword is a handle onto the Way of the world that is offering itself to you. If you are willful it will weigh a ton and wear you out. If you lose focus it will cut open your hand. Mindfulness keeps your mind on the blade; and if you are mindful you will not think about the future or past, there will be no blocks to the flow of Tao, and the Way of the world will flow through the sword and through you. You will become the sword of the world."

"We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening"

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

"Too much thinking causes confusion and anxietybetter to stick with the simplicity of Tao"

"Let go of rousing speechand identification with thoughtsUntil your endyou will never be jaded"

"Who is a rebellious person? The rebellious person is one who does not bother about the society at all. He simply lives through his innermost core; he is one who follows his Tao."

"...all that we do is governed by the law of opposites in which every so-called positive act is exactly and equally balanced by its opposite.;"