“Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, “There is no hurry. “By the time it came to the edge of the Forest the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. “But isn’t the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn’t? It seems fairly obvious to some of us that a lot of scholars need to go outside and sniff around – walk through the grass, talk to the animals. “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.” Knowledge doesn’t really care, wisdom does.” Here is a listing to some of the best Benjamin Hoff quotes from his life. The book goes through the other characters - Tigger, Owl, Rabbit, Eeyore and Pooh - to show the various aspects of humanity that Taoism says get in the way of living in harmony with the Tao.Benjamin Hoff is an American author best known for his writings, ‘The Tao of Pooh’ and ‘The Te of Piglet.’ While he later went on to denounce the publishing industry and retire from book writing, many great words of wisdom has been shared during his career.

In the book Piglet is shown to possess great power - a common interpretation of the word Te, which more commonly means Virtue - not only because he is small, but also because he has a great heart or, to use a Taoist term, Tz'u. Milne Winnie the Pooh books, both for entertainment and because they serve as tools for explaining Taoism.

It is written with many embedded stories from the A. In The Te of Piglet, the Piglet character of the Winnie-the-Pooh books explains the Chinese concept of Te, meaning 'power' or 'virtue'. Hoff elucidates the Taoist concept of 'Virtue - of the small' though, he also uses it as an opportunity to elaborate on his introduction to Taoism. The Te of Piglet is a 1992 philosophical non-fiction book written by Benjamin Hoff as a companion to his 1982 work The Tao of Pooh. The book was published by Dutton Books and spent 21 weeks on the Publishers WeeklyBestseller List and 37 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. 'First Printing, September, 1992' stated on copyright page autographed by Benjamin Hoff on half-title page, inscribed to Anna on her birthday (pic) Dutton publishers smaller hardbound with mustard and black boards and gilt lettering on spine very good condition with unmarked pages decorative dust jacket very good.

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