“Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully. “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.” “And he has Brain.” “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.” There was a long silence. “I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.”
BENJAMIN HOFFFrom the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.
More Benjamin Hoff Quotes
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There is more to knowing than just being correct
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We simply need to believe in the power that’s within us, and use it.
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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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Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.
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A way of life that keeps saying ‘Around the next corner, above the next step,’ works against the natural order of things and makes it so difficult to be happy and good.
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From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.
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A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn’t really care, wisdom does.
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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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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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I think, therefore I am confused.
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Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness.
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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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If people were superior to animals, they’d take good care of them,” said Pooh.
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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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