Benjamin Hoff

Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances…

— Benjamin Hoff

It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." Rabbit, who had begun…

— Benjamin Hoff

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

You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into…

— Benjamin Hoff

Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own…

— Benjamin Hoff

Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.…

— Benjamin Hoff

Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system…

— Benjamin Hoff

But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with…

— Benjamin Hoff

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

There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But at the…

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To know the way, we go the way, we do the way. The way we do, the things we do, it's all…

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In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan.…

— Benjamin Hoff

“The athletic sort of Backson - one of the many common varieties - is concerned with physical fitness, he says. But for…

— 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…

— Benjamin Hoff

Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn…

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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

Unfortunately complaining is one thing Eeyores are not afraid to do. They grudgingly carry their thimbles to the Fountain of Life, then…

— Benjamin Hoff

Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

— Benjamin Hoff

When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that…

— Benjamin Hoff

“In order to take control of our lives and accomplish something of lasting value, sooner or later we need to learn to…

— Benjamin Hoff

By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a…

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“Knowledge and cleverness tend to concern themselves with the wrong sorts of things, and a mind confused by knowledge, cleverness and abstract…

— Benjamin Hoff

Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, and Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the…

— Benjamin Hoff

“In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized he was a Swan.…

— 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…

— Benjamin Hoff

The major lesson Tiggers need to learn is that if they don't control their impulses, their impulses will control them. No matter…

— Benjamin Hoff

And when you try too hard, it doesn't work. Try grabbing something quickly and precisely with a tensed-up arm; then relax and…

— 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…

— Benjamin Hoff

The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting,…

— Benjamin Hoff

Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can…

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From the state of the Uncarved Block comes the ability to enjoy the simple and the quiet, the natural and the plain.…

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“Wherever Gandhi went, he transformed situations and lives. As one friend and biographer wrote, "He...changed human beings by regarding them not as…

— Benjamin Hoff