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Through working in harmony with life’s circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.

    As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.

    BENJAMIN HOFF
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It’s just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about.

    Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It’s just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

    When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don’t belong.

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each used for a particular purpose at a particular time.

    Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each used for a particular purpose at a particular time.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own species – and others – alive for very much longer. So the earth has begun its own plan to set things right.

    Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own species – and others – alive for very much longer. So the earth has begun its own plan to set things right.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENJAMIN HOFF
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

    From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.

    Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benjamin Hoff Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENJAMIN HOFF