Tao Te Ching
A.A. Milne
(Alan Alexander Milne)
1882 – 1956 CE
Student of H. G. Wells, friend of authors J. M. Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle, military propaganda writer during World War I and peace advocate afterwards; Milne resisted the selling out of authors for monetary gains saying he would rather write a telephone directory at his own inspiration than a Blank Verse Tragedy at others’ direction. Made famous after his death by Walt Disney productions, his Winnie the Pooh imagery - second only to Mickey Mouse - inspired $6 billion worth of products. His “children’s” books (especially Now We Are Six) open psychological doors into direct experience of nowness and appreciation of the sacred quality of simple, everyday perception.
Eras
Western
Post-Romantic Age (1850 – 2018 CE)Great Depression (1929 – 1941 CE)
Roaring Twenties (1920 – 1929 CE)
Chinese
Qing dynasty (1644 – 1912 CE)Sources
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Quotes by A.A. Milne (13 quotes)
“These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane…
All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first…
John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!”
Chapters:
76. The Soft and Flexible
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“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
57. Wu Wei
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“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
58. Goals Without Means
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“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
15. Inscrutability
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“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like ‘What about lunch?’”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
2. The Wordless Teachings
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“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
12. This Over That
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“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
14. Finding and Following the Formless Form
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“'Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.'”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
21. Following Empty Heart
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“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
Chapters:
33. Know Yourself
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“'Oh Tigger, where are your manners?' 'I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.'”
from Winnie the Pooh
Chapters:
24. Unnecessary Baggage
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“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
from War With Honour
Chapters:
67. Three Treasures
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“War is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.”
from War With Honour
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“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”
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Quotes about A.A. Milne (1 quotes)
“A pretty face may last a year or two; but pretty soon they’ll see what you can do.”
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