Taoism Quotes - Page 3

To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.

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

When there is no desire, all things are at peace

Seeing the small is called clarity.

The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.

When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

"What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist," I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "It is," I said. "That's not about Taoism," he said. "Oh, yes it is," I said.

Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. . . . When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.

Returning is the movement of the Way.

The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.

Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

The biggest in the world is small in its beginning.

When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.

The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

Act without expectation.

If you worry more for others' beliefs, then you will be their slave.

To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.

The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.

Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

No disaster is worse than being discontented.

Movement overcomes cold.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?