Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.
BENJAMIN HOFFThings just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, ‘This isn’t supposed to be happening this way,’ and trying harder to make it happen some other way.
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
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Phonographic. It goes around and around. Sometimes it gets stuck. That’s why I remember things so well.
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Reality is what one makes it. And the more negative reality one nurtures and creates, the more of it one has.
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From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.
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We simply need to believe in the power that’s within us, and use it.
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The Infinite Universal Power is more than just a narrow-minded gatekeeper to a spiritual County Club.
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Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, ‘This isn’t supposed to be happening this way,’ and trying harder to make it happen some other way.
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Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.
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To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.
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Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.
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You’d be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are.
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One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something.
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The Universe knows what it’s doing. So don’t develop a big ego, and don’t be afraid.
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Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness.
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A way of life that keeps saying ‘Around the next corner, above the next step,’ works against the natural order of things and makes it so difficult to be happy and good.
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