13 Quotations by Alan W. Watts
- 1. At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" ...
- 2. Buddha's doctrine: Man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are e ...
- 3. But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.
- 4. How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instr ...
- 5. I have realized that the past and the future are real illusions, that they exist only in the present ...
- 6. If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrifi ...
- 7. Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritanc ...
- 8. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
- 9. Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between ri ...
- 10. To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain p ...
- 11. Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
- 12. We are sick with fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptio ...
- 13. Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spiritu ...
Alan W. Watts Quotes by Power Quotations
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