List of Benjamin Hoff Quotes

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 Tries Too Hard, Wears Itself Out, And Ends Up Weak And Sloppy. Such A Mind, Even If Of High Intelligence, Is Inefficient. It Drives Down The Street In A Fast-moving Car And Thinks Its At The Store, Going Over A Grocery List. Then It Wonders Why Accidents Occur.

The Major Lesson Tiggers Need To Learn Is That If They Don't Control Their Impulses, Their Impulses Will Control Them. No Matter How Much They Do, Tiggers Are Never Satisfied Because They Don't Know The Feeling Of Accomplishment That Eventually Comes When One Persistently Applies One's Will To The Attaining Of Non-immediately-reachable Goals.

It's Not Surprising, Therefore, That The [bisy] Backson Thinks Of Progress In Terms Of Fighting And Overcoming. One Of His Little Idiosyncrasies, You Might Say. Of Course, Real Progress Involves Growing And Developing, Which Involves Changing Inside, But That's Something The Inflexible Backson Is Unwilling To Do.

Cleverness, After All, Has Its Limitations. Its Mechanical Judgments And Clever Remarks Tend To Prove Inaccurate With Passing Time, Because It Doesn't Look Very Deeply Into Things To Begin With.

Those Who Think That The Rewarding Things In Life Are Somewhere Over The Rainbow 'burn Their Toast A Lot,' Said Pooh

Phonographic. It Goes Around And Around. Sometimes It Gets Stuck. That's Why I Remember Things So Well.

To Buddha, The Second Figure In The Painting, Life On Earth Was Bitter, Filled With Attachments And Desires That Led To Suffering.

Practically Everything From Hairstyles To Lifestyles Is Endorsed As Some Sort Of Drug To Be Taken Now For Instant Relief.

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 Used For A Particular Purpose At A Particular Time.

Pooh Is Able To Accomplish What He Does Because He Is Simpleminded.

Unfortunately Complaining Is One Thing Eeyores Are Not Afraid To Do. They Grudgingly Carry Their Thimbles To The Fountain Of Life, Then Mumble And Grumble That They Weren't Given Enough.

As Any Old Taoist Walking Out Of The Woods Can Tell You, Simple-minded Does Not Necessarily Mean Stupid.