In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between superior and inferior to separate one man or species from another. All retained their natural Virtue and lived in a state of pure simplicity.
BENJAMIN HOFFA clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn’t really care, wisdom does.
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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We simply need to believe in the power that’s within us, and use it.
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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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Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
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Through working in harmony with life’s circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.
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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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The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.
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Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.
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Treat gain and loss the same.’ Don’t be Intimidated. Don’t make a Big Deal of anything – just accept things as they come to you.
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Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
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Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them.
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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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Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.
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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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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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It means that Tao doesn’t force or interfere with things, but lets them work in their own way, to produce results naturally. Then whatever needs to be done is done.
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“What’s that?” the Unbeliever asked. “Wisdom from the Western Taoist,” I said. “It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh,” he said. “It is,” I said. “That’s not about Taoism,” he said. “Oh, yes it is,” I said.
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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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From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.
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When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don’t belong.
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Unfortunately complaining is one thing Eeyores are not afraid to do. They grudgingly carry their thimbles to the Fountain of Life, then mumble and grumble that they weren’t given enough.
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Modern man’s difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from, the natural world.
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When we give up our images of self-importance and our ideas of what should be, we can help things become what they need to be.
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Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they’re part of a continuous cycle that begins right here. They’re not only the ending, but the beginning as well.
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The masters of life know the way, for they listen to the voice within them, the voice of wisdom and simplicity, the voice that reasons beyond cleverness and knows beyond knowledge.
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A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is restricted by his own learning.
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The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can’t save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.
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