Tao quote

Btw, I love the Tao Teh Ching quote. =) I've actually been thinking about the book a lot lately and recently opened it for the first time in years. I read it a bunch when I was ~18, but looking back I feel like I understood nothing at all about it. My mindset over the last 2-3 years feels much more in tune with its principles.

One thing I love about the Tao Teh Ching and Zen is that as science progresses, they actually seem even more on point. Unlike some other religions which are constantly fighting against science. (No offense anyone!)

Heh, I actually came across that via Sun Tzu's The Art of War, I was trying to find a fitting quote and his work (along with Machiavelli's) came to mind. I'd also argue that Tao/Zen isn't a religion, but rather, at least as it was intended, a philosophy. Although anything taken seriously enough can become a religion, I guess.

They are extremely influential literature.

Only they all focus in a zero-sum mentality, which is dangerous when taken blindly as a philosophy.