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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Like too much alcohol, self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description.
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Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
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In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
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A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.
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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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Belief clings, but faith lets go.
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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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The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
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A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.
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Human desire tends to be insatiable.
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There is no other reality than present reality.
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Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
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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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Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.
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