Extraits

When you know and respect your own Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong. One man's food is often another man's poison, and what is glamor- ous and exciting to some can be a dangerous trap to others.

The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.

A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One dis- ease, long life; no disease, short life." In other words, those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider them- selves perfectly healthy and neglect their weak- nesses. So, in that sense at least, a Weakness of some sort can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there.

“Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.”

“The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much.”

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.”

“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.”

“There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But at the same time, we do not need to be too desperate, too ruthless, too combative. Along the way to usefulness and happiness, many of those things will change themselves, and the others can be worked on as we go. The first thing we need to do is recognize and trust our own Inner Nature, and not lose sight of it.”

“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.”

"Pooh, lorsque tu te lèves le matin" dit enfin Porcinet, "Quelle est la première chose que tu te dis?"

"Qu'y a-t-il pour le petit déjeuner?" répondit Pooh. "Et toi Porcinet, que te dis-tu?"

"Je me dis, je me demande ce su'il va arriver d'excitant aujourd'hui?" dit Porcinet.

Pooh inclina la tête pensivement.

"C'est la même chose", dit-il.

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