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The Tao of Pooh
by Benjamin Hoff
A Favorite of 4, Read by 67, Owned by 50, Reviewed by 0, Quotes 12
Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and this Taoist's favorite food is honey. Through brilliant and witty dialogue with the beloved Pooh-bear and his companions, the author of this smash bestseller explains with...(more)
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Recent Quotes:
Benjamin Hoff : German author & politician
Mon Jul 13 20:01:50 UTC 2009
Source: The Tao of Pooh
Contributed by: Siona van Dijk.
Benjamin Hoff said

But the adult is not the highest stage of development. The end of the cycle is that of the independent, clear-minded, all-seeing Child. That is the level known as wisdom. When the Tao te Ching and other wise books say things like, “Return to the beginning; become a child again” that's what they are referring to. Why do the enlightened seem filled with light and happiness like children? Why do they sometimes even look and talk like children? Because they are. The wise are Children Who Know. Their minds have been emptied of the countless minute somethings of small learning and filled with the great wisdom of the Great Nothing, the Way of the Universe.

Benjamin Hoff : German author & politician
Mon Jul 13 20:00:57 UTC 2009
Source: The Tao of Pooh
Contributed by: Siona van Dijk.
Benjamin Hoff said

From the state of the Uncarved Block comes the ability to enjoy the simple and the quiet, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work, odd as that may appear to others at times. As Piglet put it in Winnie-the-Pooh, “Pooh hasn't much Brain, but he never comes to any harm. He does silly things and they turn out right.”