As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.
BENJAMIN HOFFThose who think that the rewarding things in life are somewhere over the rainbow ‘burn their toast a lot,’ said Pooh
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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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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Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. That is the message of The Vinegar Tasters.
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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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Phonographic. It goes around and around. Sometimes it gets stuck. That’s why I remember things so well.
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Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.
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Those who think that the rewarding things in life are somewhere over the rainbow ‘burn their toast a lot,’ said Pooh
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Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.
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A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn’t really care, wisdom does.
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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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Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.
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We simply need to believe in the power that’s within us, and use it.
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If people were superior to animals, they’d take good care of them,” said Pooh.
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The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.
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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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There is more to knowing than just being correct
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