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# Benjamin Hoff

(1946)   Photographer   United States

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Benjamin Hoff is a photographer from the United States, best known for *The Tao of Pooh*.

## Quick Facts About Benjamin Hoff

Born January 1, 1946

Nationality United States

Profession Photographer

Notable works The Tao of Pooh

## About Benjamin Hoff

Benjamin Hoff is an American author best known for The Tao of Pooh (1982) and The Te of Piglet (1992). He won the American Book Award in 1988 for The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow, and in 2006 he announced he was quitting writing.

## Awards & Honors

American Book Awards

##  Quotes by Benjamin Hoff · Page 3

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

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[Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/)

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> [Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/through-working-in-harmony-with-life-s-circumstances-taoist/)

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[Appreciation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciation/)

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> [Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/modern-man-s-difficulties-dangerous-beliefs-and-feelings-of/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." Rabbit, who had begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/it-is-very-hard-to-be-brave-said-piglet-sniffing-slightly-when-you-re/)

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[Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/)

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> [One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/one-sometimes-gets-the-impression-that-those-intimidating-words-are/)

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[Impression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impression/)

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> [Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/things-just-happen-in-the-right-way-at-the-right-time-at-least-when/)

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[Circumstances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circumstances/)

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

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[Difficult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficult/)

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> [Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/under-confucianism-the-use-of-precisely-measured-court-music/)

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[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/everything-has-its-own-place-and-function-that-applies-to-people/)

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[Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/)

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> [“In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized he was a Swan.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/in-the-story-of-the-ugly-duckling-when-did-the-ugly-duckling-stop/)

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[Philosophy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philosophy/)

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

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[Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gandhi/)

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> [The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/the-christmas-presents-once-opened-are-not-so-much-fun-as-they-were-2/)

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[Christmas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christmas/)

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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/from-the-state-of-the-uncarved-block-comes-the-ability-to-enjoy-the/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/without-difficulties-life-would-be-like-a-stream-without-rocks-and/)

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[Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/)

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> [“Those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/those-who-know-what-s-wrong-with-them-and-take-care-of-themselves/)

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[Human-weakness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-weakness-85693/)

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> [And when you try too hard, it doesn't work. Try grabbing something quickly and precisely with a tensed-up arm; then relax and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/and-when-you-try-too-hard-it-doesn-t-work-try-grabbing-something/)

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[Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/)

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

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[Bitter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitter/)

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> [You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/you-d-be-surprised-how-many-people-violate-this-simple-principle-2/)

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[Clear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clear/)

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> [Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/whether-many-people-realize-it-yet-or-not-man-the-inferior-animal-has/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [The major lesson Tiggers need to learn is that if they don't control their impulses, their impulses will control them. No matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/the-major-lesson-tiggers-need-to-learn-is-that-if-they-don-t-control/)

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[Accomplishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplishment/)

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> [“The athletic sort of Backson - one of the many common varieties - is concerned with physical fitness, he says. But for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/the-athletic-sort-of-backson-one-of-the-many-common-varieties-is/)

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[Athletic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athletic/)

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> [The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/the-main-problem-with-this-great-obsession-for-saving-time-is-very-2/)

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[Busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy/)

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> [Eeyore religion says that the earth isn't worth saving, anyway, and that when it comes to an end, the Faithful will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/eeyore-religion-says-that-the-earth-isn-t-worth-saving-anyway-and/)

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[Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/)

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> [There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/there-are-things-about-ourselves-that-we-need-to-get-rid-of-there-are/)

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[Desperate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desperate/)

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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/in-the-story-of-ugly-duckling-when-did-the-ugly-duckling-stop-feeling/)

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[Ducklings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ducklings/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/to-know-the-way-we-go-the-way-we-do-the-way-the-way-we-do-the-things/)

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[Confused](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confused/)

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> [By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/by-the-time-it-came-to-the-edge-of-the-forest-the-stream-had-grown-up/)

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[Forests](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forests/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/knowledge-and-cleverness-tend-to-concern-themselves-with-the-wrong/)

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[Clarity of mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clarity-of-mind/)

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> [Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, and Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/within-each-of-us-there-is-an-owl-a-rabbit-and-eeyore-and-a-pooh-for/)

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[Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/)

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> [“In order to take control of our lives and accomplish something of lasting value, sooner or later we need to learn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/in-order-to-take-control-of-our-lives-and-accomplish-something-of/)

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[Belief in self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief-in-self/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/the-urge-to-grow-and-develop-present-in-all-forms-of-life-becomes/)

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[Bulldozers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bulldozers/)

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> [Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/carefully-observe-the-natural-laws-in-operation-in-the-world-around/)

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[Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/)

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## Benjamin Hoff by topic

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                        "text": "Eeyore religion says that the earth isn't worth saving, anyway, and that when it comes to an end, the Faithful will be transported instantly to heaven. No problem. We'd like to see them explain things to Saint Peter at the Gate, when he asks them what they did with the world that God entrusted to them. That might get a bit sticky.",
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                        "text": "In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of us has something Special, a swan of some sort, hidden inside somewhere. But until we recognize that it's there, what can we do but splash around, treading water? The Wise are Who They Are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do.",
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                        "text": "By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.",
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                        "text": "Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, and Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the way of Owl and Rabbit. Now, like Eeyore, we complain about the results. But that accomplishes nothing. If we are smart, we will choose the way of Pooh. As if from far away, it calls us with the voice of a child's mind. It may be hard to hear at times, but it is important just the same, because without it, we will never find our way through the forest.",
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