A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao?… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
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
If I desire something badly enough, I'll buy it for myself; and this thing will never be a Yankee Candle gift set… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist,"I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh ," he said. "It is,"… — 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 state of the Uncarved Block comes the ability to enjoy the simple and the quiet, the natural and the plain.… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, and Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the… — 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
