The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
ALAN WATTSOne is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
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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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Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat’s entrails with horsehair.
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Jesus was not the man he was as a result of making Jesus Christ his personal savior.
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.
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Society is our extended mind and body.
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The present is always changing the past.
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A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.
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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 mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
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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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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
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