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In the Winnie-the-Pooh books, Christopher Robin is a young boy who lives near the Hundred Acre Wood and befriends Pooh, Piglet, and the other animals. Notably, he helps rescue them when they run into trouble, and he embodies the Taoist principle that nothingness is the path to wisdom when he says that his favorite thing to do is wander around doing nothing. He was based on the author A.A. Milne’s young son Christopher Robin Milne.
Christopher Robin Quotes in The Tao of Pooh
The The Tao of Pooh quotes below are all either spoken by Christopher Robin or refer to Christopher Robin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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That Sort of Bear Quotes
The two Fearless Rescues just mentioned bring us to one of the most important terms of Taoism: Tz’u, which can be translated as “caring” or “compassion” and which is based upon the character for heart. In the sixty-seventh chapter of the Tao Te Ching, Lao-tse named it as his “first treasure,” and then wrote, “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.
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In Taoism, wisdom isn’t just about understanding Tao, the fundamental order of the universe. It’s also about putting that understanding to good use. Here, Hoff argues that Tz’u, or compassion and care, is a critical element of wisdom. To be wise, people must see how they’re linked to everything else in nature and care about the well-being of the world as a whole. That includes other people’s well-being, whether they’re friends, acquaintances, or strangers. “The two Fearless Rescues” that Hoff mentions are Pooh’s: he saves Roo from a stream and Piglet from a flood. In both cases, Pooh comes to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Mo
Nowhere and Nothing Quotes
What Chuang-tse, Christopher Robin, and Pooh are describing is the Great Secret, the key that unlocks the doors of wisdom, happiness, and truth. What is that magic, mysterious something? Nothing. To the Taoist, Nothing is something, and Something—at least the sort of thing that many consider to be important—is really nothing at all.
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Paradoxically, Hoff argues, the key to “wisdom, happiness, and truth” is nothing. He’s not saying that there is no key, and he’s not proposing that people should just do whatever they want because there is no truth. Instead, he’s saying that the key is to embrace nothingness itself. He thinks that people should learn to empty their minds of thoughts, distractions, and presumptions so that they can open them to the world. Christopher Robin talks about this when he says that his favorite thing to do is wander around, listening to whatever noises happen to sound and “not bothering.” Similarly, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis co
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Christopher Robin Character Timeline in The Tao of Pooh
The timeline below shows where the character Christopher Robin appears in The Tao of Pooh. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Bisy Backson
In A House at Pooh Corner, Rabbit goes to visit Christopher Robin , but he isn’t home. Christopher has left a note that says, “GON OUT /...
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...but rather “BACK OUT / GONE SOON.” In the book, Rabbit and Pooh wonder where Christopher Robin went and what he’s looking for. A reward, suggests Hoff: Bisy Backsons always think they’ll...
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That Sort of Bear
...gets stuck in a flood, he worries that he “can’t do anything” until he remembers Christopher Robin ’s story about a man trapped on an island who sends a note in a...
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...to raise Piglet up to the letterbox. Piglet squeezes through it and goes to get Christopher Robin to rescue Owl and Pooh.
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...However, Piglet decides not to say anything. If his own house blew down, he tells Christopher Robin , he would move in with his best friend, Pooh.
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...is why Pooh sings “ho! for Piglet, ho!” (and for himself, too). After Pooh’s song, Christopher Robin explains that their party is to celebrate a special person’s accomplishments. Eeyore starts giving a...
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Nowhere and Nothing
In one scene from the Pooh books, Pooh and Christopher Robin are going nowhere in particular. Christopher asks what Pooh likes doing best—it’s eating—but Christopher says...
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Christopher Robin , Pooh, and Chuang-tse are all talking about “the Great Secret” to happiness: nothing. (Taoists...
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