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A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.
Benjamin Hoff
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Benjamin Hoff
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 1
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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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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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The wise know their limitations the foolish do not.
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Eeyore religion says that the earth isn't worth saving, anyway, and that when it comes to an end, the Faithful will be transported instantly to heaven. No problem. We'd like to see them explain things to Saint Peter at the Gate, when he asks them what they did with the world that God entrusted to them. That might get a bit sticky.
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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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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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I think, therefore I am confused.
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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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Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.
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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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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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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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It's not surprising, therefore, that the [Bisy] Backson thinks of progress in terms of fighting and overcoming. One of his little idiosyncrasies, you might say. Of course, real progress involves growing and developing, which involves changing inside, but that's something the inflexible Backson is unwilling to do.
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When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.
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If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them, said Pooh.
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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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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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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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Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.
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