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1. "Wherever Gandhi went, he transformed situations and lives. As one friend and biographer wrote, "He...changed human beings by regarding them not as what they thought they were but as though they were what they wished to be, and as though the good in them was all of them" ~ Benjamin Hoff
2. "In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between "superior" and "inferior" to separate one man or species from another. All retained their natural Virtue and lived in a state of pure simplicity." ~ Benjamin Hoff
3. "The Bisy Backson is always going somewhere, somewhere he hasn't been. Anywhere but where he is." ~ Benjamin Hoff
4. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
5. "While Eeyore frets ... ... and Piglet hesitates... and Rabbit calculates ... and Owl pontificates...Pooh just is." ~ Benjamin Hoff
6. "To know the way, we go the way, we do the way.The way we do,the things we do,it's all there in front of you.But if you try too hard to see it,you'll only become confused.I am me and you are you.As you can see; but when you do the things that you can do, you will find the way.The way will follow you." ~ Benjamin Hoff
7. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
8. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
9. "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 busily, looked up and said: "It is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us." ~ Benjamin Hoff
10. "Reality is what one makes it. And the more negative reality one nurtures and creates, the more of it one has." ~ Benjamin Hoff
11. "Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them." ~ Benjamin Hoff
12. "The urge to grow and develop, present in all forms of life, becomes perverted in the Bisy Backson's mind into a constant struggle to change everything (the Bulldozer Backson) and everyone (the Bigoted Backson) else but himself, and interfere with things he has no business interfering with, including practically every form of life on earth." ~ Benjamin Hoff
13. "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" ~ Benjamin Hoff
14. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
15. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
16. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
17. "The power-hungry wanter their followers to believe that heaven was a place to which some people - and only people - went after death, a place that could be reached by those who had the approval of their organizations. So not even the perfected spirits were able to restore the wholeness of truth, because of interference by the human ego." ~ Benjamin Hoff
18. "Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem." ~ Benjamin Hoff
19. "Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief." ~ Benjamin Hoff
20. "Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet." ~ Benjamin Hoff
21. "Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess." ~ Benjamin Hoff
22. "We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it." ~ Benjamin Hoff
23. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
24. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
25. "As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid." ~ Benjamin Hoff
26. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
27. "In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of us has something Special, a swan of some sort, hidden inside somewhere. But until we recognize that it's there, what can we do but splash around, treading water? The Wise are Who They Are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do." ~ Benjamin Hoff
28. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
29. "From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness." ~ Benjamin Hoff
30. "Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded." ~ Benjamin Hoff
31. "If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world" ~ Benjamin Hoff
32. "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 so rewarding once it has been given. If we add up all the rewards in our lives, we won't have very much. But if we add up the spaces *between* the rewards, we'll come up with quite a bit. And if we add up the rewards *and* the spaces, then we'll have everything - every minute of the time that we spent." ~ Benjamin Hoff
33. "The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much." ~ Benjamin Hoff
34. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
35. "We don't need to shift our responsibilities onto the shoulders of some deified Spiritual Superman, or sit around and wait for Fate to come knocking at the door. We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it. When we do that, and stop imitating others and competing against them, things begin to work for us." ~ Benjamin Hoff
36. "How can you get very far,If you don't know who you are?How can you do what you ought,If you don't know what you've got?And if you don't know which to doOf all the things in front of you,Then what you'll have when you are throughIs just a mess without a clueOf all the best that can come trueIf you know What and Which and Who." ~ Benjamin Hoff
37. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
38. "You can't save time. You can only spend it, but you can spend it wisely or foolishly." ~ Benjamin Hoff
39. "The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not." ~ Benjamin Hoff
40. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
41. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
42. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
43. "A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does." ~ Benjamin Hoff
44. "As we have likely recognized by now, no two snowflakes, trees, or animals are alike. No two people are the same, either. Everything has its own Inner Nature. Unlike other forms of life, though, people are easily led away from what's right for them, because people have Brain, and Brain can be fooled. Inner Nature, when relied on, cannot be fooled. But many people do not look at it or listen to it, and consequently do not understand themselves very much. Having little understanding of themselves, they have little respect for themselves, and are therefore easily influenced by others. But rather than be carried along by circumstances and manipulated by those who can see the weaknesses and behavior tendencies that we ignore, we can work with our own characteristics and be in control of our own lives. The Way of Self-Reliance starts with recognizing who we are, what we've got to work with, and what works best for us." ~ Benjamin Hoff
45. "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." ~ Benjamin Hoff
46. "Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got." ~ Benjamin Hoff

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For Mercier, it was the ceremony of the mass that eased his soul: the sweetish smoke trailing from the censer, the ringing of the bell, the Latin incantations of the priest. In Warsaw, he attended early mass, at a small church near the apartment, once or twice a month, confessing to his vocational sins – duplicity, for example – in the oblique forms provided by Catholic protocol. He'd grown up an untroubled believer, but the war had put an end to that. What God could permit such misery and slaughter? But, in time, he had found consolation in a God beyond understanding and prayed for those he'd lost, for those he loved, and for an end to evil in the world." ? Alan Furst, The Spies of Warsaw"
Author: Alan Furst

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