I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware.
ALAN WATTSJesus was not the man he was as a result of making Jesus Christ his personal savior.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
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Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present.
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The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.
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The frightened mind that runs away from everyday terrors meets the seeking mind that wants a better world.
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Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat’s entrails with horsehair.
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We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision.
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We 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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Society is our extended mind and body.
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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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Belief clings, but faith lets go.
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The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.
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You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
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Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.
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Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
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Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.
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