“[T]he world as described is included in but is not the same as the world as it is. As a way of… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“The human organism has the same kind of innate intelligence as the ecosystems of nature, and the wisdom of the nerves and… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“W might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see… — Alan W. Watts 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 Copy Share Image
“When it comes down to it, government is simply an abandonment of responsibility on the assumption that there are people, other than… — Alan W. Watts 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
“My vocation in life is to wonder about at the nature of the universe. This leads me into philosophy, psychology, religion, and… — Alan W. Watts 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 Copy Share Image
“In certain natures, the conflict between social convention and repressed spontaneity is so violent that it manifests itself in crime, insanity, and… — Alan W. Watts 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
“[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 Copy Share Image
“Protogenesis The Seven Secret Sayings of God Before athe beginning when God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“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 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 thieves— the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“[T]he question "What is everything?" has no meaning, even though it seems to be profound. [...] The point is, perhaps, that I am not… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“In knowing the world we humanize it, and if, as we discover it, we are astonished at its dimensions and its complexity, we should… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“Who wants to serve in a police vice squad, spending hours peeking into men’s johns to detect acts of homosexuality? Who wants a job… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“[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… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“[S]een as a whole the universe is a harmony or symbiosis of patterns which cannot exist without each other.” — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“The Book I am thinking about would not be religious in the usual sense, but it would have to discuss many things with which… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“Great power is worry, and total power is boredom, such that even God renounces it and pretends, instead, that he is people and fish… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“The human organism has the same kind of innate intelligence as the ecosystems of nature, and the wisdom of the nerves and senses must… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“We can never, never describe all the features of the total situation, not only because every situation is infinitely complex, but also because the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
