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Alan Watts Quotes

What are we saying when we say now, something is holy? That means you should take a different attitude to what you are doing than if you were, for example, doing it for kicks Picture Quote #1

The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests Picture Quote #1

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself Picture Quote #1

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless Picture Quote #1

In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself Picture Quote #1

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself Picture Quote #1

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Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat’s entrails with horsehair Picture Quote #1

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied Picture Quote #1

Total situations are, therefore, patterns in time as much as patterns in space Picture Quote #1

No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen Picture Quote #1

All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head Picture Quote #1

Do you have any control over being conscious? Do you know how you will? Picture Quote #1

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The common error of ordinary religious practice is to mistake the symbol for the reality, to look at the finger pointing the way and then to suck it for comfort rather than follow it Picture Quote #1

Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons Picture Quote #1

We are convinced that sleep is a waste of valuable time and continue to chase these fantasies far into the night Picture Quote #1

Doctors try to get rid of their patients - clergymen try to get them hooked on the medicine so that they will become addicts to the church Picture Quote #1

The structure of your organism, of your senses and nerves, endows the world with all its sensible and measurable properties - for rocks cannot seem to be hard except in relation to soft skin Picture Quote #1

We have untold stacks of recorded music from every age and culture, and the most superb means of playing it. But who actually listens? Maybe a few pot smokers Picture Quote #1

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It is really impossible to appreciate what is meant by the Tao without becoming, in a rather special sense, stupid Picture Quote #1

What is real, if you have decided to live in the dimension of space and time, is muscle and nerve Picture Quote #1

For the trouble with our rich and powerful people is not so much that they are wicked, but that they do not enjoy themselves Picture Quote #1

Who believe more firmly in the Devil than in God are always afraid that if they let go, the Devil will take over first, unaware that not having let go is the Devil already in full control Picture Quote #1

Thus not to see the unity of self and other is the fear of life, and not to see the unity of being and non-being is the fear of death Picture Quote #1

When you no longer make the distinction between the universe and how you are acting upon it, you are really on your own and so acquire a sense of responsibility Picture Quote #1

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But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment Picture Quote #1

It just happens, and all happenings are mutually interdependent in a way that seems unbelievably harmonious Picture Quote #1

If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o'-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death Picture Quote #1

Every individual is a unique manifestation of the whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree Picture Quote #1

The death of the individual is not disconnection but simply withdrawal. The corpse is like a footprint or an echo - the dissolving trace of something which the Self has ceased to do Picture Quote #1

This is the inevitable disadvantage of studying Asian philosophy by the purely literary methods of Western scholarship, for words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences Picture Quote #1

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What are we saying when we say now, something is holy? That means you should take a different attitude to what you are doing than if you were, for example, doing it for kicks (Alan Watts Quotes) The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests (Alan Watts Quotes) You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself (Alan Watts Quotes) The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless (Alan Watts Quotes) In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself (Alan Watts Quotes) Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself (Alan Watts Quotes) Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat’s entrails with horsehair (Alan Watts Quotes) There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied (Alan Watts Quotes) Total situations are, therefore, patterns in time as much as patterns in space (Alan Watts Quotes) No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen (Alan Watts Quotes) All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head (Alan Watts Quotes) Do you have any control over being conscious? Do you know how you will? (Alan Watts Quotes) The common error of ordinary religious practice is to mistake the symbol for the reality, to look at the finger pointing the way and then to suck it for comfort rather than follow it (Alan Watts Quotes) Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons (Alan Watts Quotes) We are convinced that sleep is a waste of valuable time and continue to chase these fantasies far into the night (Alan Watts Quotes) Doctors try to get rid of their patients - clergymen try to get them hooked on the medicine so that they will become addicts to the church (Alan Watts Quotes) The structure of your organism, of your senses and nerves, endows the world with all its sensible and measurable properties - for rocks cannot seem to be hard except in relation to soft skin (Alan Watts Quotes) We have untold stacks of recorded music from every age and culture, and the most superb means of playing it. But who actually listens? Maybe a few pot smokers (Alan Watts Quotes) It is really impossible to appreciate what is meant by the Tao without becoming, in a rather special sense, stupid (Alan Watts Quotes) What is real, if you have decided to live in the dimension of space and time, is muscle and nerve (Alan Watts Quotes) For the trouble with our rich and powerful people is not so much that they are wicked, but that they do not enjoy themselves (Alan Watts Quotes) Who believe more firmly in the Devil than in God are always afraid that if they let go, the Devil will take over first, unaware that not having let go is the Devil already in full control (Alan Watts Quotes) Thus not to see the unity of self and other is the fear of life, and not to see the unity of being and non-being is the fear of death (Alan Watts Quotes) When you no longer make the distinction between the universe and how you are acting upon it, you are really on your own and so acquire a sense of responsibility (Alan Watts Quotes) But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment (Alan Watts Quotes) It just happens, and all happenings are mutually interdependent in a way that seems unbelievably harmonious (Alan Watts Quotes) If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o'-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death (Alan Watts Quotes) Every individual is a unique manifestation of the whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree (Alan Watts Quotes) The death of the individual is not disconnection but simply withdrawal. The corpse is like a footprint or an echo - the dissolving trace of something which the Self has ceased to do (Alan Watts Quotes) This is the inevitable disadvantage of studying Asian philosophy by the purely literary methods of Western scholarship, for words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences (Alan Watts Quotes)

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