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> 30 quotes tagged "harmony"
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When the world follows the Tao, horses run about freely. When the world departs from the Tao, war horses are bred.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 46
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The forming of things brings out their subtle essence. Cultivate the subtle essence, and virtue will come naturally.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 55
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Conflict arises when two truths oppose each other. Meet confrontation with inner calm and outer restraint. Compromise is often wiser than victory.I Ching, Hexagram 6: Conflict
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Heaven and earth unite in harmony. All elements support each other naturally. Enjoy this time of abundance while preparing for change.I Ching, Hexagram 11: Peace / Prosperity
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Genuine enthusiasm is contagious and creative. Move with the rhythm of life's music. Joy aligned with purpose inspires others naturally.I Ching, Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm / Harmony
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When obstacles block unity, decisive action is required. Justice sometimes demands firmness. Clear the obstruction to restore harmony.I Ching, Hexagram 21: Biting Through / Justice
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Beauty adorns substance but cannot replace it. Grace in manner enhances truth. Form and content must balance in elegant harmony.I Ching, Hexagram 22: Grace / Beauty
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Harmony begins at home. Right relationships create the foundation for all else. Each member contributes according to their nature.I Ching, Hexagram 37: The Family / Relationships
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Standing before completion holds infinite possibility. The journey continues endlessly. Every ending is a new beginning.I Ching, Hexagram 64: Before Completion / Potential
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Keep your mind free of divisions and distinctions. When your mind is detached, simple, quiet, then all things can exist in harmony, and you can begin to perceive the subtle truth.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 11
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The truth vibrates in every thing and every not-thing, right off the tip of your nose. Discover the harmony in your own being. Embrace it. If you can do this, you will gain everything.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 38
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Worship the fiery sun, repository of yang, and the watery moon, repository of yin. Worship the Great Tai Chi, in which all things are contained, balanced, and reposed.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 74
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The part that belongs to Heaven is ethereal and dispersive, the part that belongs to Earth is dense and tending to conglomeration.Lieh Tzu, Book 1: Cosmogony
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The great principle of Heaven and earth is to treat public property as such and private property as such.Lieh Tzu, Book 1: Cosmogony
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When yielded to, they are pleased; when opposed, they are angry. Neither hits the proper mean.Lieh Tzu, Book 2: The Yellow Emperor
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Creatures are not shy of those whom they feel to be in mental and bodily harmony with themselves.Lieh Tzu, Book 2: The Yellow Emperor
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There was disturbance in his mind, accompanied by a change in his outward demeanour.Lieh Tzu, Book 2: The Yellow Emperor
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The man who achieves harmony with Tao enters into close unison with external objects.Lieh Tzu, Book 2: The Yellow Emperor
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Ease and pleasure align with human nature, while sorrow and grief oppose it. Only inner alignment matters, regardless of how society regards us.Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure, Ch. 19
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The Sage-King gives to each man his proper office where each will do his own work without interference of one with the other.Huai Nan Tzu, Essay 1
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When nature is seconded by destiny, things will go; when destiny is seconded by nature, everything will be clear. Success requires alignment between inner capacity and external circumstances.Huai Nan Tzu, Essay 2
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The rule of the T‛ai Ch‛ing was in accord with Heaven, and beneficial to creation. When human governance aligns with natural principles, society flourishes effortlessly.Huai Nan Tzu, Essay 4
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Embody qualities of loyalty, filial respect, friendship, and brotherly conduct.T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien – Moral Injunctions
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Those who are good: people honor them; Heaven's Reason gives them grace; blessings and abundance follow them; all ill luck keeps away.T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien – Blessings of the Good
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Angel spirits guard them. Whatever they undertake will surely succeed.T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien – Blessings of the Good
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When the mind is at peace, the world too is at peace.Zen Poem – P'ang Yün (Layman P'ang) (740-808 CE)
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Tao gave birth to the One; The One gave birth successively to two things, three things, up to ten thousand. These ten thousand creatures cannot turn their backs to the shade without having the sun on their bellies, and it is on this blending of the breaths that their harmony depends.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 42
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Ruling a large kingdom is indeed like cooking small fish. They who by Tao ruled all that is under heaven did not let an evil spirit within them display its powers. The Sage himself was thus saved from harm. And so, each being saved from harm, their powers could converge towards a common end.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 60
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Everything that happens, everything that I have ever done, everything that anybody else have ever done is part of a harmonious design, that there is no error at all.Alan Watts
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Man follows earth. Earth follows heaven. Heaven follows the Tao. The Tao follows what is natural.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 25