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Alan Watts Quotes

Look, here is a tree in the garden and every summer is produces apples, and we call it an apple tree because the tree apples. That’s what it does. Alright, now here is a solar system inside a galaxy, and one of the peculiarities of this solar system is that at least on the planet earth, the thing peoples! In just the same way that an apple tree apples! Picture Quote #1

Money alone cannot buy pleasure, though it can help. For enjoyment is an art and a skill for which we have little talent or energy Picture Quote #1

Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared Picture Quote #1

If you insist on being determined by the past that’s your game, but the fact of the matter is it all starts right now Picture Quote #1

There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy Picture Quote #1

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens Picture Quote #1

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Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone Picture Quote #1

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe Picture Quote #1

Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery Picture Quote #1

But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering Picture Quote #1

In life as well as in art Zen never wastes energy in stopping to explain; it only indicates Picture Quote #1

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float Picture Quote #1

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In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever Picture Quote #1

The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance Picture Quote #1

Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything Picture Quote #1

Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap Picture Quote #1

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Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals Picture Quote #1

We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness Picture Quote #1

Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown Picture Quote #1

How did you know you’re alive, unless you’d once been dead? Picture Quote #1

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world Picture Quote #1

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level Picture Quote #1

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Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it’s just doing it Picture Quote #1

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain Picture Quote #1

Sex is no longer a serious taboo. Teenagers sometimes know more about it than adults Picture Quote #1

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes Picture Quote #1

That society is strong and viable which recognizes its own provisionality Picture Quote #1

Increasingly, we’re developing all kinds of systems for verifying reality by echoing it Picture Quote #1

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Look, here is a tree in the garden and every summer is produces apples, and we call it an apple tree because the tree apples. That’s what it does. Alright, now here is a solar system inside a galaxy, and one of the peculiarities of this solar system is that at least on the planet earth, the thing peoples! In just the same way that an apple tree apples! (Alan Watts Quotes) Money alone cannot buy pleasure, though it can help. For enjoyment is an art and a skill for which we have little talent or energy. (Alan Watts Quotes) Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared (Alan Watts Quotes) If you insist on being determined by the past that’s your game, but the fact of the matter is it all starts right now. (Alan Watts Quotes) There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy. (Alan Watts Quotes) The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens. (Alan Watts Quotes) Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. (Alan Watts Quotes) The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe. (Alan Watts Quotes) Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery. (Alan Watts Quotes) But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering. (Alan Watts Quotes) In life as well as in art Zen never wastes energy in stopping to explain; it only indicates (Alan Watts Quotes) To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. (Alan Watts Quotes) In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. (Alan Watts Quotes) 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. (Alan Watts Quotes) The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever (Alan Watts Quotes) The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance (Alan Watts Quotes) Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything (Alan Watts Quotes) Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap (Alan Watts Quotes) Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals (Alan Watts Quotes) We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness (Alan Watts Quotes) Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown (Alan Watts Quotes) How did you know you’re alive, unless you’d once been dead? (Alan Watts Quotes) A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world (Alan Watts Quotes) So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level (Alan Watts Quotes) Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it’s just doing it (Alan Watts Quotes) We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain (Alan Watts Quotes) Sex is no longer a serious taboo. Teenagers sometimes know more about it than adults (Alan Watts Quotes) You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes (Alan Watts Quotes) That society is strong and viable which recognizes its own provisionality (Alan Watts Quotes) Increasingly, we’re developing all kinds of systems for verifying reality by echoing it (Alan Watts Quotes)

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