Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
BENJAMIN HOFFPooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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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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Phonographic. It goes around and around. Sometimes it gets stuck. That’s why I remember things so 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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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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In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between superior and inferior to separate one man or species from another. All retained their natural Virtue and lived in a state of pure simplicity.
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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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Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.
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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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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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Through working in harmony with life’s circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.
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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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The Universe knows what it’s doing. So don’t develop a big ego, and don’t be afraid.
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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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There is more to knowing than just being correct
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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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