Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.
BENJAMIN HOFFWell, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
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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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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 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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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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Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
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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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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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While Eeyore frets … … and Piglet hesitates … and Rabbit calculates … and Owl pontificates …Pooh just is.
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As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.
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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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Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.
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No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.
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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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The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard – one that thinks too much.
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