Book · 2008 · Religion
Tao Te Ching
The New Translation from Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition
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In the Tao Te Ching, my very favorite book, it says.
What they say about it
- Calls it a favorite book“my very favorite book”2
- Loves reading it2
The best things said about it
If you haven't read the dao de jing do that.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Jun 2025 I would say the the Dao in the translation of Stephen Mitchell uh is one of is one of the books I I love to I discovered and I love to give...
How lovely it is that that is at its core you know a 3 000 year old bit of text that's still infinitely fresh and new.
Rick Rubin The Daily Stoic · Jun 2025 Well I I think this the reason I chose the lu uh the da jing to base it on because the the da jing is how to live how to be it's the way transl way.
Rick Rubin The Ben & Marc Show · May 2025 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu is a foundational text of Eastern philosophy and Taoism that explores the nature of reality, effortless action, and spiritual enlightenment. Guillermo del Toro recommended Stephen Mitchell's translation of the work on The Book Review as a cherished book he frequently gives as a gift. Ryan Holiday enthusiastically urged listeners to read the text on The Daily Stoic, citing favorite passages that mirror Stoic philosophy and noting its themes of mental clarity during crises, which he also discussed during a lunch meeting with Rick Rubin. Martha Beck named the Tao Te Ching as her absolute favorite book on The Tim Ferriss Show, highlighting its teachings on dropping knowledge to achieve true spiritual progression. On the Joe Rogan Experience, Khalil Rountree Jr. mentioned reading the text as a core component of his personal spiritual practices to find inner peace, while Rick Rubin reflected on The Diary Of A CEO about how deeply the book resonated with him after he first moved to California.
Every mention
Ryan Holiday i'm going to give you one of my favorite quotes from the dao de jing 6
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“i'm going to give you one of my favorite quotes from the dao de jing”
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“i say that kennedy was for this brief period of time there's a little less than two weeks at a kind of clarity that the dao de jing preaches about as he stared down”
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“but at that lunch as we were talking about stoicism rick started speaking with equal excitement about the dao de jing”
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“we dig into a chunk of this in part two talking about ai and creativity and of course the data jing”
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“if you haven't read the dao de jing do that”
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“and i see how these ideas apply to the the bedtime that just didn't go well or the commute i have tomorrow or this behavior issue that my wife and i are struggling this all suddenly the dao jing becomes a parenting book”
Khalil Rountree Jr. like that's why i love just reading like the dow to ching and like just like kundalini yoga like all the li… 2
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“like that's why i love just reading like the dow to ching and like just like kundalini yoga”
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“like that's why i love just reading like the dow to ching and like just like kundalini yoga like all the like cool like spiritual stuff”
Martha Beck In the Tao Te Ching, my very favorite book, it says, "In the pursuit of knowledge, every day something is a… 2
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“As it says in my favorite book, the daajing, the Chinese daajing, th that which talks does not know, that which knows does not talk.”
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“In the Tao Te Ching, my very favorite book, it says, "In the pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added. In the pursuit of enlightenment or the tao, every day something is dropped."”
Guillermo del Toro I would say the the Dao in the translation of Stephen Mitchell uh is one of is one of the books I I love to… 1
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“I would say the the Dao in the translation of Stephen Mitchell uh is one of is one of the books I I love to I discovered and I love to give...”
Rick Rubin I first read The Dao when I was I had just moved to California. 4
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“I first read The Dao when I was I had just moved to California.”
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“how lovely it is that that is at its core you know a 3 000 year old bit of text that's still infinitely fresh and new”
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“Well I I think this the reason I chose the lu uh the da jing to base it on because the the da jing is how to live how to be it's the way transl way.”
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“they just had uh the book that probably inspired me the most is um the dowdy Jing Lao TSU”
Daniel Schmachtenberger this is why the first verse of the TA Ching is the da that is namable is not the Eternal da 1
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“this is why the first verse of the TA Ching is the da that is namable is not the Eternal da”
Donald Hoffman Like the Tao Te Ching starts off that says the Tao that can be spoken of is not the true Tao. 1
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“Like the Tao Te Ching starts off that says the Tao that can be spoken of is not the true Tao.”
Jason Portnoy i remember i read the dao de ching 1
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“i remember i read the dao de ching”
Sevan Matossian i was reading the dow to ching and i see her walking down the street towards me i'm like oh man i'm going t… 1
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“i was reading the dow to ching and i see her walking down the street towards me i'm like oh man i'm going to talk to this chick and you know see if she'll come to the beach with me i mean that's the kind of town it was right and i had seen her around before so i jump”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“I remember the saying the Bible or the Tao Te Ching all of the various wisdom traditions were interesting to me growing up so I'm not saying this in a way that people have to accept that book as anything other than interesting”