“When you discard arrogance' cool gritty, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and up amusing way. They provide a lot of information.… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.” — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things… — 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
Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are… — 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
The masters of life know the way, for they listen to the voice within them, the voice of wisdom and simplicity, the… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Those who think that the rewarding things in life are somewhere over the rainbow 'burn their toast a lot,' said Pooh — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive. — 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
When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
The urge to grow and develop, present in all forms of life, becomes perverted in the Bisy Backson's mind into a constant… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease, short life."… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“A way of life that keeps saying, "Around the next corner, above the next step," works against the natural order of things… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
