Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat’s entrails with horsehair.
ALAN WATTSThe relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
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The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
ALAN WATTSThe religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
ALAN WATTSWe confuse money with actual wealth.
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You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meanings of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales.
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It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description.
ALAN WATTSIt is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description.
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The present is always changing the past.
ALAN WATTSThe present is always changing the past.
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
ALAN WATTSOnly doubtful truths need defense.
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It’s better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.
ALAN WATTSIt’s better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.
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If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.
ALAN WATTSIf, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.
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The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
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Human desire tends to be insatiable.
ALAN WATTSHuman desire tends to be insatiable.
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The frightened mind that runs away from everyday terrors meets the seeking mind that wants a better world.
ALAN WATTSThe frightened mind that runs away from everyday terrors meets the seeking mind that wants a better world.
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Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.
ALAN WATTSNormally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.
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I owe my solitude to other people.
ALAN WATTSI owe my solitude to other people.
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The menu is not the meal.
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