If people were superior to animals, they’d take good care of them,” said Pooh.
BENJAMIN HOFFThere is more to knowing than just being correct
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
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Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.
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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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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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The Eeyore Educational System sees childhood as a waste of time, a luxury that society cannot afford . . . Put children in school at the earliest age possible; load them down with homework; take away their time, their creativity, their play, their power; then plug them into machines.
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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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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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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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The Infinite Universal Power is more than just a narrow-minded gatekeeper to a spiritual County Club.
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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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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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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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I think, therefore I am confused.
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The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.
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Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you’ve got.
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