Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“What we need to do is recognize inner nature and work with things as they are. When we don't we get in… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Thousands of years ago, man lived in harmony with the rest of the natural world. Through what we would today call Telepathy,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Eeyore religion says that the earth isn't worth saving, anyway, and that when it comes to an end, the Faithful will be… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“When we learn to work with our own Inner Nature, and with the natural laws operating around us, we reach the level… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“Those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
“Wherever Gandhi went, he transformed situations and lives. As one friend and biographer wrote, "He...changed human beings by regarding them not as what they… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things and makes… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with whatever happens… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
“He tried too hard", said Pooh."and when you try too hard it doesn't work. Try grabbing something quickly and precisely with a tensed up… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
“...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,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. That is… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share
