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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 river, and, being…
- And when you try too hard, it doesn't work. Try grabbing something quickly and precisely with a tensed-up arm; then relax and try it again.…
- "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh.…
- There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and…
- Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness. Â Everything has to be filled in, it seems-appointment books, hillsides, vacant…
- Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each…
- Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of…
- It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." Rabbit, who had begun to write very…
- But down through the centuries, man has developed a mind that separates him from the world of reality, the world of natural laws. This mind…
- The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it wisely or foolishly.…
- When we give up our images of self-importance and our ideas of what should be, we can help things become what they need to be.
- The honey doesn't taste so good once it is being eaten; the goal doesn't mean so much once it is reached; the reward is no…
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- I know what its like to want to die; how it hurts to smile; how you try to fit in but you… — Superman