Quotes from book
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh is a book written by Benjamin Hoff. The book is intended as an introduction to the Eastern belief system of Taoism for Westerners. It allegorically employs the fictional characters of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories to explain the basic principles of philosophical Taoism. Hoff later wrote The Te of Piglet, a companion book.
“No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.”
Source: The Tao of Pooh
Spelling Tuesday.
Source: The Tao of Pooh (1982)
“You can't save time. You can only spend it, but you can spend it wisely or foolishly.”
Source: The Tao of Pooh
Source: The Tao of Pooh
“If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.”
Source: The Tao of Pooh
Source: The Tao of Pooh
“A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.”
The Now of Pooh.
Source: The Tao of Pooh (1982)
Context: Abstract cleverness of the mind only separates the thinker from the world of reality, and that world, the Forest of Real Life, is in a desperate condition now because of too many who think too much and care too little. In spite of what many minds have thought themselves into believing, that mistake cannot continue for much longer if everything is going to survive. The one chance we have to avoid certain disaster is to change our approach, and learn to value wisdom and contentment. These are things that are being searched for anyway, through Knowledge and Cleverness, but they do not come from Knowledge and Cleverness. They never have, and they never will. We can no longer afford to look so desperately hard for something in the wrong way and in the wrong place. If Knowledge and Cleverness are allowed to go on wrecking things, they will before much longer destroy all life on this earth as we know it, and what little may temporarily survive will not be worth looking at, even if it were possible for us to do so.
“Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen though… that's the problem.”
Source: The Tao of Pooh
That Sort of Bear.
Source: The Tao of Pooh (1982)
