The Infinite Universal Power is more than just a narrow-minded gatekeeper to a spiritual County Club.
BENJAMIN HOFFWisdom, 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.
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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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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The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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If people were superior to animals, they’d take good care of them,” said Pooh.
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But isn’t the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn’t? It seems fairly obvious to some of us that a lot of scholars need to go outside and sniff around – walk through the grass, talk to the animals. That sort of thing.
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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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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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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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Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
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Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.
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We simply need to believe in the power that’s within us, and use it.
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