The Tao of Wu Quotes

“Confusion is a gift from God. Those times when you feel most desperate for a solution, sit. Wait. The information will become clear. The confusion is there to guide you. Seek detachment and become the producer of your life.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing yourself is Enlightenment. - Lao-Tzu”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“It's harder to make the glass than break the glass.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“The first person you have to resurrect is yourself”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Life comes when you have knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, when you can see for real, touch, and feel for real, know for real. Then you are truly living.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Truth out of season bears no fruit" To me, that means two things. One: There's a time and place for every kind of knowledge to flourish. Two: The personal characteristics of great messengers are usually irrelevant.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“In a way, when TV went digital, we lost a foothold in reality. Now, we'll never truly know if what we're watching is real or has been altered and transmitted to us. Digital culture brought a step away from truth.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Decay is inevitable, but death is not.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“So love, like wisdom, dissolves you and then resolves you. It breaks down your ego and puts you back together again properly. When”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Linear logic measures only the four dimensions: length, width, depth, and time. But in the fifth dimension, energy surpasses time. Light surpasses time. Time is just a controller of certain planes. It’s not the master. The true master is consciousness, and I mean true consciousness—not simply being awake—I’m talking about the consciousness that never sleeps. The part of you that is aware of your consciousness. There’s a part of you that’s always there, always consistent, that represents your true self—the part connected to God. That’s who you gotta get in touch with.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Gangsta comes in many forms. You can watch a movie like Die Hard, which is full of violence that’s in your face. But if you watch a movie like The Godfather, the violence is subtle—it’s in a word, a nod, a gesture. I think you walk out of Die Hard and leave something in the theater. With Godfather, you walk out with something put in you. Hip-hop is the same way.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“I don’t think a computer can process information to even 10 percent of what the human brain does. The brain’s got mad shit going on in your body right now.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Confusion is a gift from God.
Those times when you feel most
desperate for a solution, sit. Wait.
The information will become clear.
The confusion is there to guide you.
Seek detachment and become
the producer of your life.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“When we neglect others out of superficial wisdom, fake respect, phony knowledge—we tell ourselves it’s their life; we say it’s not our responsibility; we don’t want to get involved. Fuck that. Get involved. Or we’ll all feel the pain.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu

“Many cultures consider an island to be the ideal home. First, because you’re surrounded by water, which is life. Second, because you’re isolated from the masses, which allows you to find yourself, to develop inner strengths you couldn’t find anywhere else. An island shows you the true nature of life itself.”
― The RZA, The Tao of Wu