Taoist Philosophy Quotes

#1. Taoist philosophy, Rest is prior to motion and stillness prior to action.

Arianna Huffington

#2. Taoist philosophy is essentially monistic. Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one or as two coexistent poles of one indivisible whole.

Bruce Lee

#3. In Taoist philosophy, 'yin' is the feminine principle, representing the forces of earth, while 'yang' is the masculine principle, representing spirit.

Marianne Williamson

#4. I know now that I have to speak from eternity into time, from the lasting joy into the passing realities of our short existence in this world, from the house of love into the houses of fear, from God's abode into the dwellings of human beings. I

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#5. Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.

Antonio Porchia

#6. Everyone is a Taoist at heart. Everyone would like to follow nature, but we don't have enough tools yet to put the philosophy into practice ... as soon as someone gets sick, they fight the illness, rather than trying to find out the meaning or purpose behind it.

Arnold Mindell

#7. No dog is too much for me to handle. I rehabilitate dogs, I train people. I am the dog whisperer.

Cesar Millan

#8. We should have more invention.

Nathan Myhrvold

#9. How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

C.S. Lewis

#10. Matt?"
"Hmm?"
"Kiss me."
He leaned in and rested his forehead against hers. "Sweetheart, I thought you'd never ask.

Samantha Chase

#11. Here I am frozen, when I deserve to burn.

E. Lockhart