To The Mind That Is Still

This saying is widely attributed to Lao Tzu, but it does not appear in any known translation of the Tao Te Ching and has been specifically identified as a fabricated or apocryphal quote by researchers at Taoistic.com. The sentiment resonates with Chapter 16's teaching on stillness and returning to the root ("Attain complete emptiness; hold fast to stillness"), but no standard scholarly translation of that or any other chapter contains this phrase. It is best understood as a modern paraphrase inspired by Taoist ideas rather than an authentic quotation.