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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.](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/)

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## 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/)

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