Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.
ALAN WATTSIn looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
More Alan Watts Quotes
-
-
Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
ALAN WATTS -
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
ALAN WATTS -
Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.
ALAN WATTS -
I owe my solitude to other people.
ALAN WATTS -
The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
ALAN WATTS -
It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description.
ALAN WATTS -
If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.
ALAN WATTS -
The frightened mind that runs away from everyday terrors meets the seeking mind that wants a better world.
ALAN WATTS -
Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present.
ALAN WATTS -
Hospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick.
ALAN WATTS -
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
ALAN WATTS -
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.
ALAN WATTS -
Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
ALAN WATTS -
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.
ALAN WATTS -
Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.
ALAN WATTS