“Every position in life is balanced by creating a harmony between the inner self and the surrounding world.” — Hellmut Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“A quiet-hearted person awakes with a smile on his lips and an eagerness in his heart for the day ahead.” — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“The situations depicted in the Book of Changes are the primary data of life -- what happens to everybody, every day, and… — Hellmut Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“To slow time down, practice enjoying the moment. It is where we spend our entire lives.” — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“To attract people naturally, effortlessly, we need only follow the true prompting of our hearts.” — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“The path that one person follows is not the correct path for any other person. Each of us must walk his own… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“Great music stops the inner turmoil of thought and allows the mind to seek its natural state of joy. Music frees our… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“The master sees beyond what is obvious. He sees the unseen, feels the unfelt, and hears the unheard. He looks below the… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“There are many indications that the hexagrams were the original images from which the trigrams were then later abstracted and that the… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“It may occasion surprise that the decree of a temporal power sufficed to give the classics a position that can be compared… — Understanding the I Ching THe Wilhelm Lectures on the Book of Changes by Hellmut Wilhelm and Richard Copy Share Image
“Even the worst outcome we can imagine will ultimately benefit us. It is because of that law of favor-ability that the Universe… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“It is true that we are in charge of our imaginations, and by using them to imagine wonderful futures for ourselves, and… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“The first, clearer, type suggests the musical pattern of theme and variations. The chosen theme persists through the six stages, in various… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“(T)his is precisely the importance of the world-view described in the Book of Changes: there is no situation without a way out.… — Richard and Hellmut Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“To become aware of what is constant in the flux of nature and life is the first step in abstract thinking. The… — Hellmut and Richard Welhelm Copy Share Image
“(T)he essential thing is to keep in mind all the strata that go to make up the book. Archaic wisdom from the… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“THREE LEVELS OF LAW America's Declaration of Independence names three kinds of law: the laws of man, of nature and nature’s God.… — Patricia E. West Copy Share Image
“To lead people or influence them, we must first align ourselves with them. By identifying with individuals or groups, we gain their… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“To have anything we want, we need only raise our level of consciousness to the level of consciousness where what we want… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“We must go down to the very fundamentals of life. For any merely superficial ordering of life that leaves its deepest needs… — I-Ching Copy Share Image
“It is no accident that, of the early Jesuit scholars who were pioneers in making China's culture known in Europe, those who… — Hellmut Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“The person who desires to leave things better than he found them, who does more than his share, who is not attached… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“It takes practice, feeling happy about the ever enfolding events of life, and, because of all the conditioning we have undergone before… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“To preserve our relationships, we give of our time, our assets, our attention, our help, and our love. To preserve our wealth,… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“Therefore, the eight trigrams are frequently coordinated with the day, and they can of course also be correlated with the course of… — Richard and Hellmut Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“All of life is one action following another, interspersed by periods of rest. If we are in doubt about the outcome of… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
“According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the… — Hellmut Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“Therefore, it is believed that the ancestors return after a lapse of tiem as if to a general and spiritual reservoir from… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Copy Share Image
