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I think, therefore I am confused.
Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
There is more to knowing than just being correct
The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.
Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.
Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.
Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it.
A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.
If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.
The Universe knows what it's doing. So don't develop a big ego, and don't be afraid.
Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.
No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.
From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.
The Infinite Universal Power is more than just a narrow-minded gatekeeper to a spiritual County Club.
Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.
Phonographic. It goes around and around. Sometimes it gets stuck. That's why I remember things so well.
As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.
Reality is what one makes it. And the more negative reality one nurtures and creates, the more of it one has.
When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.
While Eeyore frets ... ... and Piglet hesitates ... and Rabbit calculates ... and Owl pontificates ...Pooh just is.
Those who think that the rewarding things in life are somewhere over the rainbow 'burn their toast a lot,' said Pooh
Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.
The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much.
Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.
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.
Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.
To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.
Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.
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.
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.
But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with whatever happens in everyday life.
It means that Tao doesn't force or interfere with things, but lets them work in their own way, to produce results naturally. Then whatever needs to be done is done.
A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things and makes it so difficult to be happy and good.
The masters of life know the way, for they listen to the voice within them, the voice of wisdom and simplicity, the voice that reasons beyond cleverness and knows beyond knowledge.
Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. That is the message of The Vinegar Tasters.
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.
Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from, the natural world.
You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are.
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.
One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something.
When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.
"What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist," I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "It is," I said. "That's not about Taoism," he said. "Oh, yes it is," I said.
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.
Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about.
Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they're part of a continuous cycle that begins right here. They're not only the ending, but the beginning as well.
Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own species - and others - alive for very much longer. So the earth has begun its own plan to set things right.
Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, 'This isn't supposed to be happening this way,' and trying harder to make it happen some other way.
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 spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness.
The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.