Who recommends it
- Austin Kleon: A Writer Who DrawsInterview
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, the Moomin comics by Tove Jansson, and maybe Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.
- Matthew A. CroninInterview
The best? That tends to not be the side of life I read about. Nonetheless: 1) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, 2) Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, and 3) The Prophet by Khalil Gibran.
- Peter WorleyInterview
The Dictionary – any decent fat one (OED, Longsman’s etc.), a good one is as fascinating as any novel. The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu and The Book of Chuang Tzu. Peter Adamson’s wonderful history of philosophy books based on his podcasts History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. Watchmen and V for Vendetta by Alan Moore…
- Kevin CashmanInterview
So many and so hard to pick just one. But if I had to select only one, it would be the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. A true guide to becoming a leader for life. How he penetrated the patterns of the natural world and made them relevant to enlightened living and leading is stunning.
- John Du CaneInterview
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. Timeless wisdom of the first order. I first read the Tao Te Ching at the age of fifteen. Lao Tzu was the perfect antidote to the suffocating brand of Christianity that repelled me as a teenager. Without understanding that much of the wisdom, the Taoist message struck resonant chords in me that…
- Simon HøgsbergInterview
Three days ago I was informed through an interview with a man called Wayne Dyer that he I don’t know how recently made a translation of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. I would like to read Dyer’s translation. This man, Lao Tzu, a philosopher from ancient China. His teachings were very plain and easy to understand yet…
- Daniele BolelliInterview
Some books that have had a huge impact on me have been Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Tao Te Ching, and anything I could find about Zen master Ikkyu Sojun.
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