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> 28 quotes tagged "transformation"
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Life and death are as natural and inevitable as the succession of day and night.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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When you're content with your time and dwell in the natural order, neither sorrow nor joy can disturb you.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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Flow with whatever happens and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you're doing.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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If you hide your boat in a ravine and your net in the lake, thinking them safe, someone strong might come at midnight and carry them off.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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The true person of ancient times slept without dreams and woke without anxiety. They ate without savoring and breathed from deep within.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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Breathing from your heels, the wise person allows things to come and go without resistance.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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Do you think the Creator is concerned whether you're a shoulder or a liver? He's going to transform you into whatever fits the pattern.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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If you've grasped the purpose of being here, why worry about where you're going?Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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Security in the midst of change is found by identifying with the process rather than the form.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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The wise person is never too great to take advice and never too small to give it.Chuang Tzu, Chapter 6: The Great Teacher
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Gentle persistence achieves what force cannot. Like wind shaping stone, small consistent actions create lasting change. Restrain your impulse to rush.I Ching, Hexagram 9: Small Restraint / Taming Force
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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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Spring approaches and nature awakens. Growth is natural and inevitable. Advance with confidence, but remember that summer leads to autumn.I Ching, Hexagram 19: Approach / Advancement
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After darkness, light returns naturally. The cycle completes and begins again. Trust in renewal—winter always yields to spring.I Ching, Hexagram 24: Return / Renewal
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When the beam breaks under too much weight, extraordinary measures are needed. In times of excess, be bold yet careful. Act decisively before collapse.I Ching, Hexagram 28: Great Excess / Critical Mass
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Lasting achievement comes from sustained effort. Like thunder and wind, be consistent in purpose though flexible in form. Endurance creates transformation.I Ching, Hexagram 32: Duration / Perseverance
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Like molting skin or changing seasons, revolution is sometimes necessary. Transform what no longer serves. Change is complete when the time is fully ripe.I Ching, Hexagram 49: Revolution / Transformation
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The cauldron transforms raw ingredients into nourishment. Hold space for transformation. What you contain and how you contain it determines the result.I Ching, Hexagram 50: The Cauldron / Refinement
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Thunder shocks and awakens. Fear followed by understanding brings growth. What shakes you also wakes you.I Ching, Hexagram 51: The Arousing / Thunder
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Like a tree growing or a bird migrating, progress step by step. Each stage prepares for the next. Gradual development creates lasting results.I Ching, Hexagram 53: Gradual Progress / Development
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Abundance is fleeting—appreciate it fully now. Like the full moon, peak gives way to decline. Enjoy prosperity while preparing for change.I Ching, Hexagram 55: Abundance / Fullness
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Wind penetrates everywhere through gentle persistence. Soft influence achieves what force cannot. Consistency in small things creates great change.I Ching, Hexagram 57: The Gentle / Wind
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That which is produced cannot but continue producing; that which is evolved cannot but continue evolving.Lieh Tzu, Book 1: Cosmogony
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Evolution is never-ending. Diminution and augmentation, fullness and decay are constant accompaniments of life and death.Lieh Tzu, Book 1: Cosmogony
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When thoughts are quieted down, fire itself is cool.Zen Poem – Tu Kou-hao
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Tao never does; Yet through it all things are done. If the barons and kings would but possess themselves of it, the ten thousand creatures would at once be transformed. The blankness of the Unnamed brings dispassion; To be dispassionate is to be still. And so, of itself, the whole empire will be at rest.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 37
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step
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The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step