In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
ALAN WATTSTo travel is to be alive, but to get somewhere is to be dead, for as our own proverb says, To travel well is better than to arrive.
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Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.
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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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I am what happens between the maternity ward and the Crematorium.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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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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If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.
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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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Belief clings, but faith lets go.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.
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The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from the giant pine, which lives for a thousand years.
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I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware.
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
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