And When You Try Too Hard, It

Like Silence After Noise, Or Cool, Clear Water On A Hot, Stuffy Day, Emptiness Cleans Out The Messy Mind And Charges Up The Batteries Of Spiritual Energy. Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness.

In The Age Of Perfect Virtue, Men Lived Among The Animals And Birds As Members Of One Large Family. There Were No Distinctions Between Superior And Inferior To Separate One Man Or Species From Another. All Retained Their Natural Virtue And Lived In A State Of Pure Simplicity.

The Eeyore Educational System Sees Childhood As A Waste Of Time, A Luxury That Society Cannot Afford . . . Put Children In School At The Earliest Age Possible; Load Them Down With Homework; Take Away Their Time, Their Creativity, Their Play, Their Power; Then Plug Them Into Machines.

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.

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.