.. These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.


Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)

Lao Tzu Quotes

These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which...

These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which...

These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which...

These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which...