If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. If you are looking for some inspiration and motivation to live a simpler, more peaceful, and authentic life, I think you will love these powerful quotes too.Ģ5 Powerful Tao Te Ching Quotes by Lao Tzu Eventually, those translations became much easier to read Tao Te Ching quotes. The Tao Te Ching (one translation is “Living and Applying the Great Way”) actually consists of 81 verses written by Loa Tzu and have been translated by hundreds of people. Don’t try to resolve the various contradictions in life, instead learn acceptance of your nature.” “Taoism teaches a person to flow with life.” Your nature is ever-changing and is always the same. In it, he says, “The path of understanding Taoism is simply accepting oneself. I found this great article, “Taoism 101,” if you want to learn more about it. The Tao can be roughly thought of as the flow of the Universe or as some essence or pattern behind the natural world that keeps the Universe balanced and ordered. A little background first…Īccording to Wikipedia, The Tao is a Chinese word signifying the “way,” “path,” “route,” “road,” or sometimes more loosely “doctrine,” “principle,” or “holistic beliefs.” This time I better put them somewhere I can’t lose them – on my blog.
So, I decided I needed to look them up again because, of course, I can’t find the book or my notes from way back on my treadmill. Loosely translated, I think she told me to quit getting so worked up and make life simple. My mom, Marvel, the inspiration for Living Marvelously, always said, “go with the flow.” Sometimes it was really annoying, and other times it was just what I needed to hear. It said the Tao Te Ching teaches you to “go with the flow” of life. I’ve thought about those quotes on and off throughout the years and just recently read something that piqued my interest again. I’m not sure why that memory is so vivid (or what kind of workout I got) except that the verses were too powerful to forget. I remember writing lots of quotes down in my journal while walking on my treadmill, next to the window in our bedroom. Several years ago, I read a book with 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching written by Lao Tzu.
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