Famous Quotes from the Book of Changes

1. The way to establish heaven is called Yin and Yang, the way to establish earth is called softness and hardness, and the way to establish people is called benevolence and righteousness.

2. One yin and one yang are called Tao, which is followed by goodness and completed by nature.

3. A gentleman promotes goodness by restraining him, and gives up his life in accordance with nature.

4. The same voice corresponds to the same spirit.

5. Those who help others should believe in them.

6. Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. The terrain is kun, and a gentleman carries things with kindness.

7. To work hard but not cut down, to have merit but not virtue, is to be generous.

8. A benevolent person sees it and calls it benevolence, a knowledgeable person sees it and calls it knowledge, but the common people don’t know it for daily use; therefore, the way of a gentleman is fresh!

9. A house that accumulates good deeds will surely be blessed; a house that accumulates bad deeds will surely have lingering disasters.

10. When two people are of the same mind, they can break through metal. Words of the same mind are as stinky as orchid.

11. A gentleman will not flatter others when he is superior to others, and will not be blasphemous when he is subordinate to others.

12. A gentleman's respect should be straight inward, and righteousness should be directed outward.

13. Birds of a feather flock together and people divide into groups.

14. What is metaphysical is called Tao; what is metaphysical is called tool.

15. A benevolent person sees it as benevolence, and a wise person sees it as wisdom.

16. Stop when the time comes, and move when the time comes. Movement and stillness do not lose their hiddenness, and the path is bright.

17. A gentleman is independent and has no fear. He is not bored in the world.

18. A humble gentleman can cross great rivers.

19. Only a gentleman has the ambition to conquer the world.

20. Kun is soft but strong when moving, and virtuous when quiet.

21. Sir, you must be in harmony with the heaven and earth in their virtues, in harmony with the sun and moon in their brightness, in harmony with the order of the four seasons, in harmony with the ghosts and gods in their good and bad fortunes.