“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.
BENJAMIN HOFFLots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.
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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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A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn’t really care, wisdom does.
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While Eeyore frets … … and Piglet hesitates … and Rabbit calculates … and Owl pontificates …Pooh just is.
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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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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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Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.
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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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The Universe knows what it’s doing. So don’t develop a big ego, and don’t be afraid.
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The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don’t look clearly and objectively at situations, they don’t recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.
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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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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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Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
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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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As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.
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