Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
ALAN WATTSWe do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
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You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so on. The system will gobble itself up.
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Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.
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Belief clings, but faith lets go.
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A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.
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Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
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Like love, the light or guidance of truth that influences us exists only in living form, not in principles or rules or expectations or advice, however widely circulated.
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No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
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You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
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When you find out that there was never anything in the dark side to be afraid of, Nothing is left but to love.
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We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
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Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.
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The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.
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People can’t be talked out of illusions.
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