Quotes on Taoism

When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.

The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.

The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.

Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?

The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.

Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.

From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all.

Heaven's net is very vast. It is sparsely meshed, yet nothing slips through.

The progress of the Way seems retreating.

Words spoken about the Way have no taste. When looked at, there's not enough to see. When listened to, there's not enough to hear. When used, it is never exhausted.

The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.

The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.

It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.

The light of the Way seems dim.

I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.

The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!

If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to embrace the unformed.

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.