Quotes from Benjamin Hoff

But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with whatever happens in everyday life.

If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.

Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.

When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.

The Infinite Universal Power is more than just a narrow-minded gatekeeper to a spiritual County Club.

Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.

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.

To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.

Those who think that the rewarding things in life are somewhere over the rainbow 'burn their toast a lot,' said Pooh

Unfortunately complaining is one thing Eeyores are not afraid to do. They grudgingly carry their thimbles to the Fountain of Life, then mumble and grumble that they weren't given enough.

As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.

Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. Its mechanical judgments and clever remarks tend to prove inaccurate with passing time, because it doesn't look very deeply into things to begin with.

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.

Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though.... That's the problem.

Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.

From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with whatever happens in everyday life.

While Eeyore frets ... ... and Piglet hesitates ... and Rabbit calculates ... and Owl pontificates ...Pooh just is.

The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it wisely or foolishly. The Bisy Backson has practically no time at all, because he's too busy wasting it by trying to save it. And by trying to save it, he ends up wasting the whole thing.

Thousands of years ago, man lived in harmony with the rest of the natural world. Through what we would today call Telepathy, he communicated with animals, plants, and other forms of life-none of which he considered "beneath" himself, only different, with different jobs to perform. He worked side by side with earth angels and nature spirits, with whom he shared responsibility for taking care of the world.

Unfortunately complaining is one thing Eeyores are not afraid to do. They grudgingly carry their thimbles to the Fountain of Life, then mumble and grumble that they weren't given enough.

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.