You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
ALAN WATTSOnly doubtful truths need defense.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.
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This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
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Do not let the rapidity with which these thoughts can change deceive you into feeling that you think them all at once.
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Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.
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You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
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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.
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Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
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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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The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security.
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You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.
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For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere.
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
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In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
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People become concerned with being more humble than other people.
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If one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point everlastingly.
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