The Wisdom of Pooh

"If possible, try to find a way to come downstairs that doesn't involve going bump, bump, bump, on the back of your head." ~Winnie the Pooh

"It is very hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal." ~Piglet

"Go ahead, eat all you want. But just try squeezing out the doorway." ~Eeyore

"When speaking to a Bear of Very Little Brain, remember that long words may Bother him." ~Winnie the Pooh

"When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o' clockish." ~Pooh

“Owl flew past a day or two ago and noticed me. He didn't actually say anything mind you, but he knew it was me. Very friendly of him, I thought. Encouraging.” ~Eeyore

"Sometimes, when people have quite finished taking a person's house, there are one or two bits which they don't want and are rather glad for a person to take back." ~Eeyore

"The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, “Why?” and sometimes he thought, “Wherefore?” and sometimes he thought, “Inasmuch as which?” and sometimes he didn’t quite know what he was thinking about.~

"When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way." ~ Winnie the Pooh

"When trying to ignore a knock at your door, don't yell out, "No!" when someone asks, "Is anybody at home?" ~Rabbit

"When someone you love is wedged in a doorway and must wait to get thin enough to get out, read him a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort him." ~Pooh

“Use caution when standing by the river bank minding your own business. You might get bounced into the water.”~

“When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.”~


"When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen." ~Winnie the Pooh

"When setting off on an Exposition, be sure to bring Provisions. Or, at the very least, things to eat." ~ Pooh

“No Give and Take. No Exchange of Thought. It gets you nowhere, particularly if the other person’s tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.”~

“Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning,” he said. “Which I doubt,” said he.

"It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't." ~Rabbit

"Do join in the search for a lost friend-or-relation. But don't be surprised when nobody bothers to tell you he's been found and you search on alone for two days." ~ Eeyore

Eeyore,” said Owl, “Christopher Robin is giving a party.”

“Very interesting,” said Eeyore. “I suppose they will be sending me down the odd bits which got trodden on. Kind and Thoughtful. Not at all, don’t mention it.”~

“I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’ The Social Round. Always something going on.”~

"Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo." ~Pooh

“It’s snowing still,” said Eeyore gloomily.

“So it is.”

“And freezing.”

“Is it?”

“Yes,” said Eeyore. “However,” he said, brightening up a little, “we haven’t had an earthquake lately.”~

Eeyore walked all round Tigger one way, and then turned and walked round him the other way. “What did you say it was?” he asked.

“Tigger.”

“Ah!” said Eeyore.

“He’s just come,” explained Piglet.

“Ah!” said Eeyore again. He thought for a long time and then said: “When is he going?”~

“Could you ask your friend to do his exercises somewhere else? I shall be having lunch directly, and don’t want it bounced on just before I begin. A trifling matter, and fussy of me, but we all have our little ways.”

"Always be aware of how many pots of honey you have in the cupboard; it's nice to be able to say, "I've got fourteen pots of honey left." Or fifteen, as the case might be." ~Pooh

"When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming." ~Pooh

"I like the puffy white clouds. Aren't they... that is... oh, my goodness. They've turned grey." ~Winnie the Pooh

"Never trust a cloud, I always say."~Eeyore

"It's so much more friendly with two." ~Piglet

"When you're visiting a friend and you find that it is time for a little smackerel of something, try looking wistfully in the direction of the cupboard." ~Pooh

"We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." ~Eeyore

"Remember, nobody minds, nobody cares." ~Eeyore

"When climbing up a tree on the back of a Tigger, be sure to find out before you start if the Tigger knows how to climb down." 


"When in doubt, keep in mind that "O gallant Piglet" is always a very thoughtful way of beginning a piece of poetry." ~Piglet