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Benjamin Hoff Quotes: A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is restricted by his own learning.
         

A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is restricted by his own learning.


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Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.



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The Universe knows what it's doing. So don't develop a big ego, and don't be afraid.



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Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.



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While Eeyore frets ... ... and Piglet hesitates ... and Rabbit calculates ... and Owl pontificates ...Pooh just is.



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A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.



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If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.



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When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.



The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.

The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.





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And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth.



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