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> [“Now one rather annoying thing about scholars is that they are always using big words that some of us can't understand and one sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/now-one-rather-annoying-thing-about-scholars-is-that-they-are-always/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

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> [“Now one rather annoying thing about scholars is that they are always using Big Words that some of us can't understand ... and one sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/now-one-rather-annoying-thing-about-scholars-is-that-they-are-always-2/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

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## Other authors on Big words

## More by Benjamin Hoff

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/those-who-know-what-s-wrong-with-them-and-take-care-of-themselves/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/there-was-a-man-that-hated-his-footprints-and-his-shadow-so-one-day/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/wherever-gandhi-went-he-transformed-situations-and-lives-as-one/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/practically-everything-from-hairstyles-to-lifestyles-is-endorsed-as/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/the-main-problem-with-this-great-obsession-for-saving-time-is-very/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things and makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/a-way-of-life-that-keeps-saying-around-the-next-corner-above-the-next/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/everything-has-its-own-place-and-function-that-applies-to-people/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/when-you-discard-arrogance-complexity-and-a-few-other-things-that-get/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/we-simply-need-to-believe-in-the-power-that-s-within-us-and-use-it/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/but-the-basic-taoism-that-we-are-concerned-with-here-is-simply-a/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/well-it-takes-all-kinds-to-make-a-mess/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/he-tried-too-hard-said-pooh-and-when-you-try-too-hard-it-doesn-t-work/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/like-silence-after-noise-or-cool-clear-water-on-a-hot-stuffy-day/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [“...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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/you-d-be-surprised-how-many-people-violate-this-simple-principle/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

> [Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/sourness-and-bitterness-come-from-the-interfering-and-unappreciative/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

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