Thomas and the Tao

It seems to me, from reading the Gospel of Thomas and the Tao Te Ching carefully, that what the latter is to Taoism, the former is to Christianity. Each is a collection of profound wisdom sayings from the tradition of the Sage, and the sayings themselves (the logia) must be carefully read and prayerfully pondered if they are to be understood. In much of their content they are similar as well, but their sense of inspiration seems, to me at least, to emanate from a single spiritual Source.