“we carry thisx effort beyond a certain point, however, our manipulations interfere with the very course of nature, and this gets us… — Alan W. Watts Manipulations Copy Share Image
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“There is no other reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for… — Alan W. Watts Reality Copy Share Image
“Nothing unites a community so much as common cause against an external enemy, yet, in the same moment, that enemy becomes the… — Alan W. Watts Community Copy Share Image
“If the earth is man’s extended body, to be loved and respected as one’s own body, those who do no greening of… — Alan W. Watts Nature Copy Share Image
“Trust in human nature is acceptance of the good-and-bad of it, and it is hard to trust those who do not admit… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“[T]he chances of survival are best when there is no anxiety to survive, and [...] the greatest power is available to those… — Alan W. Watts Anxiety Copy Share Image
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“A great Zen master said just before he died, "From the bathtub, to the bathtub, I have uttered stuff and nonsense." The… — Alan W. Watts Buddhism Copy Share Image
“This is what is called "honor among thieves," for the really dangerous people are those who do not recognize that they are… — Alan W. Watts Bad guy Copy Share Image
“In sum, then, te is the unthinkable ingenuity and creative power of man’s spontaneous and natural functioning–a power which is blocked when… — Alan W. Watts Creative power Copy Share Image
“[T]he natural universe is not a linear system. It involves an infinitude of variables interacting simultaneously, so that it would take incalculable… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“This willful, compulsive, moralistic approach to man’s transformation always obstructs it—for it still implies that very illusion of self-mastery which stands in… — Alan W. Watts Change Copy Share Image
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“Just as the bird leaves no trace, no record of its flight upon the void, so human desire can gain nothing out… — Alan W. Watts Creative life Copy Share Image
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“It is said that humanity has evolved one-sidedly, growing in technical power without any comparable growth in moral integrity, or, as some… — Alan W. Watts Education Copy Share Image
“In other words, the “rigorously scientific” method of predicting the future can be applied only in special cases-where prompt action is not… — Alan W. Watts Important decision Copy Share Image
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“The yin-yang view of the world is serenely cyclic. Fortune and misfortune, life and death, whether on small scale or vast, come… — Alan W. Watts Life Copy Share Image
“[T]he art of life is more like navigation than warfare, for what is important is to understand the winds, the tides, the… — Alan W. Watts Art Copy Share Image
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“[I]n trying to figure out the brain, the obstacle is that we have no finer instrument than the brain itself for the… — Alan W. Watts Knowledge Copy Share Image
“The senses, feelings, and thoughts must be allowed to be spontaneous in the faith that they will then order themselves harmoniously. To… — Alan W. Watts Faith Copy Share Image
“Taoists do not look upon meditation as 'practice,' except in the sense that a doctor 'practices' medicine. They have no design to… — Alan W. Watts Discipline Copy Share Image
“[W] are belatedly realizing that the ill-treatment of the environment is damage to ourselves - for the simple reason that the subject… — Alan W. Watts Environment Copy Share Image
“While it is true that these arts employ what are, to us, highly difficult technical disciplines, it is always recognized that they… — Alan W. Watts Art Copy Share Image
“[T]here is some other way of understanding and getting along with the process of nature than by translating it into words. After… — Alan W. Watts Brain Copy Share Image
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“Being “high” on LSD and “drunk” on bourbon. True, no one in either state should drive a car, but neither should one… — Alan W. Watts Books Copy Share Image
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![“[T]he chances of survival are best when there is no anxiety to survive, and [...] the greatest power is available to those who do not seek power and who do not use force. To be anxious to survive is to wear oneself out, and to seek power and to use force is to overstrain one's system. One is best…” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/998/alan-w-watts-9497_anxiety_t-he-chances-of-survival-are-best-when-t_571080.jpg)
![“[T]he natural universe is not a linear system. It involves an infinitude of variables interacting simultaneously, so that it would take incalculable aeons to translate even one moment of its operation into linear, alphabetic language.” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/916/alan-w-watts-9497_nature_t-he-natural-universe-is-not-a-linear-sy_1068590.jpg)
![“[W]hat is ordinarily felt as the wayward, unpredictable, dangerous, and even hostile world - including one's capricious emotions and inner feelings - is actually one's own being and doing. The very sense that this is not so is, in turn, part of its being so,” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/541/alan-w-watts-9497_inner-feelings_w-hat-is-ordinarily-felt-as-the-wayward_3005743.jpg)
![“[T]he art of life is more like navigation than warfare, for what is important is to understand the winds, the tides, the currents, the seasons, and the principles of growth and decay, so that one's actions may use them and not fight them.” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ac3/alan-w-watts-9497_art_t-he-art-of-life-is-more-like-navigation_1279107.jpg)
![“[T]he world as described is included in but is not the same as the world as it is. As a way of contemplation, it is being aware of life without thinking about it, and then carrying this on even while one is thinking, so that thoughts are not confused with nature.” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1ff/alan-w-watts-9497_contemplation_t-he-world-as-described-is-included-in-b_254933.jpg)
![“[I]n trying to figure out the brain, the obstacle is that we have no finer instrument than the brain itself for the purpose. The greatest hindrance to objective knowledge is our own subjective presence.” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f22/alan-w-watts-9497_knowledge_i-n-trying-to-figure-out-the-brain-the-o_2803163.jpg)
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