# Quote — Benjamin Hoff, The Te of Piglet

> When a stream comes to some stones in its path, it doesn't struggle to remove them, or fight against them, or think about them. It just goes around them. And as it does, it sings. Water responds to What's There with effortless action.

- Author: [Benjamin Hoff](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-hoff.md)
- Book: [The Te of Piglet](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-hoff/the-te-of-piglet.md)
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## More from this book

> Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves - about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress for humanity. But what matters about problems is what one does with them. Eeyores don't overcome problems. No, it's the other way around.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-hoff/the-te-of-piglet/without-difficulties-life.md)

> Eeyores are Realists, they say. But reality is what one makes it. And the more negative reality one nurtures and creates, the more of it one has.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-hoff/the-te-of-piglet/eeyores-are-realists.md)

> Transforming negative into positive, you work with whatever comes your way. If others throw bricks at you, build a house. If they throw tomatoes, start a vegetable stand. You can often change a situation simply by changing your attitude toward it.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-hoff/the-te-of-piglet/transforming-negative-into.md)