If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.

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.

The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.

When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.

A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is restricted by his own learning.

As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.

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. That sort of thing.