A tower nine stories high begins with a heap of earth. “A tree as big as a man’s embrace springs from a tiny sprout. Cultivate peace and order before confusion and disorder have set in.”- Tao Te ChingĢ4. “Tackle things before they have appeared. “Big things of the world / Can only be achieved by attending to their small beginnings.”- Tao Te ChingĢ3. Sow the great in the small.”- Tao Te ChingĢ2. “If only the ruler and his people would refrain from harming each other, all the benefits of life would accumulate in the kingdom.”- Tao Te ChingĢ1. “Use the lights, but return to your insight.”- Tao Te ChingĢ0. Who knows the ultimate end of this process?”- Tao Te Chingġ9. “Bad fortune is what good fortune leans on, / Good fortune is what bad fortune hides in. Only he who knows what is enough will always have enough.”- Tao Te Chingġ7. “To be frugal is to return before straying.”- Tao Te Chingġ8. “There is no calamity like not knowing what is enough. Only thus can you endure long.”- Tao Te Chingġ6. To know when to stop is to be preserved from perils. “To know when you have enough is to be immune from disgrace. “Few things under heaven are as instructive as the lessons of Silence.”- Tao Te Chingġ5. “All the myriad things carry the Yin on their backs and hold the Yang in their embrace, / Deriving their vital harmony from the proper blending of the two vital Breaths.”- Tao Te Chingġ4. “Truly, humility is the root from which greatness springs, / And the high must be built upon the foundation of the low… / Truly, too much honor means no honor.”- Tao Te Chingġ3. He who conquers men has force / He who conquers himself is truly strong.” - Tao Te Chingġ2. “He who knows men is clever / He who knows himself has insight. To tamper with it is to spoil it, and to grasp it is to lose it.”- Tao Te Chingġ1. “The world is a sacred vessel, which must not be tampered with or grabbed after. Serenity is the master of restlessness.” - Tao Te Chingġ0. “To be great is to go on, / To go on is to be far, / To be far is to return.” - Tao Te Chingħ. Nor does a sudden shower last a whole day.” - Tao Te ChingĨ. For a whirlwind does not last a whole morning. “Only simple and quiet words will ripen of themselves. To find peace is to fulfill one’s destiny.” - Tao Te Chingħ. Thus, while the tangible has advantages, / It is the intangible that makes it useful.” - Tao Te ChingĦ.
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We make doors and windows for a room / But it is these empty spaces that make the room livable. We make a vessel from a lump of clay / It is the empty space within that makes it useful. “Thirty spokes converge upon a single hub / It is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. “The Mystery of mysteries is the Door of all essence.” - Tao Te Chingĥ. No amount of words can fathom it: / Better look for it within you.” - Tao Te ChingĢ. “How do I know the way of all things at the Beginning? By what is within me.” - Tao Te Chingģ. “Indeed, the hidden and the manifest give birth to each other.” - Tao Te ChingĤ. “Between Heaven and Earth, / There seems to be a Bellows: / It is empty, and yet it is inexhaustible / The more it works, the more comes out of it. 27 Tao Te Ching Quotes That Speak to My Soulġ. Here are the quotes from the classic that really spoke to me. I cherish my copy of the Tao Te Ching and highly recommend this gem be on everyone’s nightstand for reflection and reconnection to the very essence of life. The Tao is to the world what a great river or an ocean is to the streams and brooks. It may be regarded as the Mother of the world.Īnd, in the absence of a better word, call it Here is how the Tao is described in the book: The Tao Te Ching can be translated as the “Book of the Way and of Virtue” or “The Classic of the Way’s Virtue(s).” Teh or Te means “virtue” or “integrity” and Ching or Jing in this context means “great book” or “classic.” Tao or Dao literally means “way” and implies the essential, unnamable process of the universe. There are more than 250 translations floating around today. Uncovering the true meaning of the passages-that were written thousands of years ago in classical Chinese on bamboo, silk, and paper manuscripts using intentionally vague wording-is sort of like piecing together a puzzle. The foundation of my spiritual practice: swim with the mysteries.Ĭredited to the sage Lao Tzu, the Tao Te Ching is “one of the true classics of world literature” that sums up the spiritual essence of life and has left countless people wondering how they can follow the rhythm of nature. Since this classic text has been inspiring people all over the world for centuries, I thought it appropriate to share my favorite poetic passages with you here. Brief and brimming with timeless wisdom, each of these Tao Te Ching quotes pulled me right in.
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