It's not surprising, therefore, that the [Bisy] Backson thinks of progress in terms of fighting and overcoming. One of his little idiosyncrasies, you might say. Of course, real progress involves growing and developing, which involves changing inside, but that's something the inflexible Backson is unwilling to do.
Benjamin HoffWhen 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 HoffTags: egoless
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 HoffTags: gandhi
Reality is what one makes it. And the more negative reality one nurtures and creates, the more of it one has.
Benjamin HoffTags: perception reality
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 HoffTags: overcoming-obstacles
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 HoffTags: overcoming-obstacles attaining-goals
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 HoffTags: acceptance loss taoism gain
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 HoffTags: fulfillment appreciation taoism
If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world
Benjamin HoffTags: animal-rights inspirational-life humor-inspirational
A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.
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