From caring comes wisdom

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winnie the pooh and piglet by E H Shepard

“‘From caring comes courage.’  We might add that from it also comes wisdom.  It’s rather significant, we think, that those who have no compassion have no wisdom.  Knowledge, yes; cleverness, maybe; wisdom, no.  A clever mind is not a heart.  Knowledge doesn’t really care.  Wisdom does.  We also consider it significant that cor, the Latin word for “heart”, is the basis for the word courage.  Piglet put it this way: ‘She isn’t Clever, Kanga isn’t, but she would be so anxious about Roo that she would do a Good Thing to Do without thinking about it.’”

Benjamin Hoff

The Tao of Pooh

Page 128

The Tao of Pooh

22 responses to “From caring comes wisdom”

  1. hitandrun1964 Avatar

    I love the book:) Wonderful post.

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    1. Thank you 🙂

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  2. veganrunnernerd Avatar

    Love this book! 🙂 ❤

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    1. Me too 🙂

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  3. tomalice2013 Avatar
    tomalice2013

    Oh Violet, your words are so accurate and so beautifully written…….Vegan hugs xxx

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    1. 😀 Thank you I agree, but they’re not my words, they’re Benjamin Hoff’s. Have you read the Tao of Pooh? It’s been around for quite a while but I’ve only just read it and it’s full of gems like the words in this post. I think you’d love it xxx

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  4. My Kind Closet Avatar

    I just love this.

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    1. Me too 🙂 it makes so much sense.

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  5. Emi'sGoodEating Avatar

    I read this over 20 years ago. I should read it again.

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    1. It really is good 🙂 I’m going to keep dipping back into it 🙂

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