Dao Quotes

“Sooner or later, we are bound to discover some things about ourselves that we don't like. But once we see they're there, we can decide what we want to do with them. Do we want to get rid of them completely, change them into other things, or use them in beneficial ways? The last two approaches are often especially Useful, since they avoid head on conflict, and therefore minimize struggle. Also, they allow those transformed characteristics to be added to the list of things we have that help us out.

In a similar manner, instead of struggling to erase what are referred to as negative emotions, we can learn to use them in positive ways. We could describe the principle like this: while pounding on the piano keys may produce noise, removing them doesn't exactly further the creation of music.”
― Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

“Life is a series of decisions. Whether you make the correct decisions or not doesn’t matter. The important thing is to keep going forward. Years later, when you look back, perhaps you’ll find that the incorrect decisions you made… weren’t really incorrect. Similarly, the correct decisions… might not necessarily have been correct.  Why struggle with frustration? Why proceed with confusion? In all things… resolution only comes from continuing to move forward. Following this line of reasoning, if there is no such thing as ‘incorrect,’ then how can the ‘correct’ exist? Similarly, if there is no ‘correct,’ then how can the ‘incorrect’ exist?”
― Er Gen, Nirvanic Rebirth. Blood Everywhere!

“The less you move on the ground
the more the world moves around.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“It takes two to Tao.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“One gains by losing and loses by gaining.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“There was once a stonecutter, who was dissatisfied with himself and with his position in life. One day, he passed a wealthy merchant's house, and through the open gateway, saw many fine possessions and important visitors. "How powerful that merchant must be!" thought the stonecutter. He became very envious, and wished that he could be like the merchant. Then he would no longer have to live the life of a mere stonecutter. To his great surprise, he suddenly became the merchant, enjoying more luxuries and power than he had ever dreamed of, envied and detested by those less wealthy than himself. But soon a high official passed by, carried in a sedan chair, accompanied by attendants, and escorted by soldiers beating gongs. Everyone, no matter how wealthy, had to bow low before the procession. "How powerful that official is!" he thought. "I wish that I could be a high official!" Then he became the high official, carried everywhere in his embroidered sedan chair, feared and hated by the people all around, who had to bow down before him as he passed. It was a hot summer day, and the official felt very uncomfortable in the sticky sedan chair. He looked up at the sun. It shone proudly in the sky, unaffected by his presence. "How powerful the sun is!" he thought "I wish that I could be the sun!" Then he became the sun, shining fiercely down on everyone, scorching the fields, cursed by the farmers and laborers. But a huge black cloud moved between him and the earth, so that his light could no longer shine on everything below. "How powerful that storm cloud is!" he thought. "I wish that I could be a cloud!" Then he became the cloud, flooding the fields and villages, shouted at by everyone. But soon he found that he was being pushed away by some great force, and realized that it was the wind. "How powerful it is!" he thought. "I wish that I could be the wind!" Then he became the wind, blowing tiles off the roofs of houses, uprooting trees, hated and feared by all below him. But after a while, he ran up against something that would not move, no matter how forcefully he blew against it--a huge, towering stone "How powerful that stone is”" he thought. I wish that I could be a stone!" Then he became the stone, more powerful than anything else on earth. But as he stood there, he heard the sound of a hammer pounding a chisel into the solid rock, and felt himself being changed. "What could be more powerful than I, the stone?" he thought. He looked down and saw far below him the fixture of a stonecutter.”
― Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

“Love without restraint makes one saint and the other faint; the sweetest face and the tenderest embrace bring the sun to every place in such grace.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“Nowhere can be found a principle that is right in all circumstances, or an action that is wrong in all circumstances.”
― M. H. Boroson

“It tales two to Tao.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“Ballet shoes... I cannot play with them like they're toys.
But when the music is playing they get deep on my toes.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The DAO (Dancing As One) Workbook Illustrated

“You must believe in what you're doing, that what you're doing is the proper thing, the right thing. And you must have faith that things will end up as they should, which doesn't mean as you want them to, but things will work out as they should.”
― John Wooden

“Do you want to be really happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.”
― Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

“Don't confuse pressure with pleasure. For some people it"s not sure if they are having a seizure or ceasure”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The DAO (Dancing As One) Workbook Illustrated

“Love is Us. We are made of Love-matter which is why Love matters most to us. We are the Way of Love to know itself. Love is the Way. We are the Way. The Way is Love. We are Love.”
― Wald Wassermann

“La vida sigue tirándome piedras adelante.
Y sigo encontrando de ellas los diamantes”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, El DAO Workbook Ilustrado

“The doorway to the Dao is at the end of your toes. Step through.”
― Frank LaRue Owen, Temple of Warm Harmony

“I used to keep a strong scaffolding in place.
It separated Pure Land from Zen
Zen from Dao
Dharma quarantined from the
way of mountain spirits.

With a sudden glance
in the middle of a storm,
the bottom dropped out
the scaffolding fell
along with my mind
and all of these nectars
poured into the same vat.”
― Frank LaRue Owen, Temple of Warm Harmony

“Die Natur in diesem Sinne ist die Gleichzeitigkeit von Allem und Nichts; ein ständig wandelnder Prozess des Werdens.”
― Sarina Samaya, Radikal verbunden: Über traumatisierende Herrschaft und den spirituellen Aktivismus als Brücke zwischen sozio-politischem Aufdecken und mitfühlender Bezogenheit

“Web3 is to Web2 what PunkRock is to DiscoMusic.”
― Simone Puorto

“Web3 is to Web2 what Punk Rock is to DiscoMusic.”
― Simone Puorto

“Anyone can create art, it's simply a creative expression that's individual to the person, regardless of how beautiful or popular it is.

However, I believe only those who can storytell, educate, provoke thought, emotion, ideas and inspiration through their art are actual artists.”
― Henry Joseph-Grant

“By uniting your mind with nature, you will experience the inner transformation that renders your thoughts radiant and your heart benevolent, surrounding you with an aura of purest golden light. When others bathe in it, they will be transformed as well.”
― Lou Marinoff, The Power of Dao: A Timeless Guide to Happiness and Harmony

“From nuclear families to communities of nations, others without whom we cannot live get on our nerves at times, becoming sources of everything from mild irritation to deadly conflict. Balancing the tension between individual and group is more of an art than a science, and Dao manages it with greater artistry than any other system yet discovered or devised.”
― Lou Marinoff, The Power of Dao: A Timeless Guide to Happiness and Harmony

“For the first time in human history, a significant percentage of heterosexual males are unable to become sexually aroused by women and need drugs or vacuum pumps to help them do nature’s work. Why?”
― Lou Marinoff, The Power of Dao: A Timeless Guide to Happiness and Harmony

“Dao can't be left for a moment; What can be left is not the Dao.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West

“Although the Tao is immaterial, it gives all material things solid reality. Thus, the world we observe is the visible image of the imageless Tao. Similarly, all the things we can touch and hold are the tangible manifestations of the formless Tao.”
― Derek Lin, Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained

“The sun rises today just as it did thousands of years ago. Similarly, the Tao holds true for us just as it held true for the ancients. We can even say that the Tao works better now than it did long ago, because we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We can take advantage of the work that ancient sages have done to advance our understanding. We can see farther because we have the good fortune of standing on the shoulders of giants.”
― Derek Lin, Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained

“The concept of the Tao originated well before the beginning of recorded history. It is far more ancient than most people realize. What is it about the Tao that gives it such lasting power? [...] Perhaps the answer to one of the mysteries above is that we are not life forms that have become self-aware. Perhaps it is the other way around: we are entities of pure consciousness that have learned how to manifest in the physical universe through the workings of life. If this is true of us, then it is also true of the people around us. Let us put this idea to the test. When you interact with others, see them not as physical bodies, but as spiritual energy.”
― Derek Lin, Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained

“Equip your life physically and mentally can reverse your biological age.”
― Guru Deepik Kariyawasam

“What is it like to be rich in wealth, power, fame but poor health”
― Guru Deepik Kariyawasam