Wu Wei Quotes

#1. Every plan in which we participate has one constant, ourselves. Not that we are always the same, but that we are always part of the plan. All else comes and goes: friends, parents, possessions, conditions, situations, and associates, leaving only us, ourselves.

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#2. What we desire, what we work for, or what we seek after, are those things that merely lead us along the paths of our lives.

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#3. A quiet-hearted person awakes with a smile on his lips and an eagerness in his heart for the day ahead.

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#4. To have anything we want, we need only raise our level of consciousness to the level of consciousness where what we want exists.

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#5. The master sees beyond what is obvious. He sees the unseen, feels the unfelt, and hears the unheard. He looks below the surface for what is hidden and so finds the great heartbeat of the Universe. He smiles, knowing it is his heartbeat, your heartbeat, our heartbeat.

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#6. Change is like a river: nothing is the same, even for an instant. Everything is continually moving through the six stages of change: about to come into being, beginning, expanding, approaching maximum potential, peaking, and finally, passing its peak and flowing into its new condition.

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#7. The path that one person follows is not the correct path for any other person. Each of us must walk his own path to enlightenment - that is the way.

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#8. People of true understanding nourish sages and through them, nourish the whole world.

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#9. It is true that we are in charge of our imaginations, and by using them to imagine wonderful futures for ourselves, and by acting on that basis, it will follow, unerringly, that for us, it will be so.

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#10. To attract people naturally, effortlessly, we need only follow the true prompting of our hearts.

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#11. To lead people or influence them, we must first align ourselves with them. By identifying with individuals or groups, we gain their confidence and can then lead them into a higher understanding or direct them to the achievement of lofty goals.

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#12. To slow time down, practice enjoying the moment. It is where we spend our entire lives.

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