who wrote the way and its power the basic text expressing daoist though
Laozi The story of Laozi has taken on strong religious overtones since the Han dynasty. As Taoism took root, Laozi was worshipped as a god. Belief in the revelation of the Tao from the divine Laozi resulted in the formation of the Way of the Celestial Master, the first organized religious Taoist sect. In later mature Taoist tradition, Laozi came to be seen as a personification of the Tao. He is said to have undergone numerous "transformations" and taken on various guises in various incarnations throughout history to initiate the faithful in the Way. Religious Taoism often holds that the "Old Master" did not disappear after writing the Tao Te Ching but rather spent his life traveling and revealing the Tao.[37]
Charles Dudley Warner Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.[4]
God helps those who help themselves The phrase is often mistaken as a scriptural quote, though it is not stated verbatim in the Bible.
Buddhism The Four Truths express the basic orientation of Buddhism: we crave and cling to impermanent states and things, which is dukkha,[47] "incapable of satisfying"[web 2] and painful.[48][49] This keeps us caught in saṃsāra, the endless cycle of repeated rebirth, dukkha and dying again.[note 8] But there is a way to liberation from this endless cycle[55] to the state of nirvana, namely following the Noble Eightfold Path.[note 9]