Taoism Quotes

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

If you persist in trying to attain what is never attained (It is Tao's gift), if you persist in making effort to obtain what effort cannot get, if you persist in reasoning about what cannot be understood, you will be destroyed by the very thing you seek. To know when to stop, to know when you can get no further by your own action, this is the right beginning!

Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating, receiving rather than broadcasting, loving rather than fighting.

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them.

Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little.

The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.

The Tao is told is not the Tao.

Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape.

The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do.

The Tao principle is what happens of itself.

If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.

Loss is not as bad as wanting more.

Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.

A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.

Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.

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

Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.