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> [“...he will accompany us on a hike in the hills, leaping and whizzing back and forth, and coming when called as well as a dog. It is just that the organism, the whole pattern of nerve and muscle, is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/he-will-accompany-us-on-a-hike-in-the-hills-leaping-and-whizzing-back/)

[Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-w-watts/)

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## More by Alan W. Watts

> [“This is what is called "honor among thieves," for the really dangerous people are those who do not recognize that they are thieves— the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/this-is-what-is-called-honor-among-thieves-for-the-really-dangerous/)

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> [ “\[T\]he question "What is everything?" has no meaning, even though it seems to be profound. \[...\] The point is, perhaps, that I am not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/t-he-question-what-is-everything-has-no-meaning-even-though-it-seems/)

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> [“contrite, and in love with God. You can’t make”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/contrite-and-in-love-with-god-you-can-t-make/)

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> [“Those who speak, do not know; those who know, do not speak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/those-who-speak-do-not-know-those-who-know-do-not-speak/)

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> [“In knowing the world we humanize it, and if, as we discover it, we are astonished at its dimensions and its complexity, we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/in-knowing-the-world-we-humanize-it-and-if-as-we-discover-it-we-are/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/who-wants-to-serve-in-a-police-vice-squad-spending-hours-peeking-into/)

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> [ “\[T\]he world as described is included in but is not the same as the world as it is. As a way of contemplation, it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/t-he-world-as-described-is-included-in-but-is-not-the-same-as-the/)

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> [ “\[S\]een as a whole the universe is a harmony or symbiosis of patterns which cannot exist without each other.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/s-een-as-a-whole-the-universe-is-a-harmony-or-symbiosis-of-patterns/)

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> [“The Book I am thinking about would not be religious in the usual sense, but it would have to discuss many things with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/the-book-i-am-thinking-about-would-not-be-religious-in-the-usual/)

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> [“Great power is worry, and total power is boredom, such that even God renounces it and pretends, instead, that he is people and fish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/great-power-is-worry-and-total-power-is-boredom-such-that-even-god/)

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> [“The human organism has the same kind of innate intelligence as the ecosystems of nature, and the wisdom of the nerves and senses must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/the-human-organism-has-the-same-kind-of-innate-intelligence-as-the/)

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> [“We can never, never describe all the features of the total situation, not only because every situation is infinitely complex, but also because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/we-can-never-never-describe-all-the-features-of-the-total-situation/)

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> [“When there is a crack in the Cosmic Egg, Buddha is about to be born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/when-there-is-a-crack-in-the-cosmic-egg-buddha-is-about-to-be-born/)

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> [“...he will accompany us on a hike in the hills, leaping and whizzing back and forth, and coming when called as well as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/he-will-accompany-us-on-a-hike-in-the-hills-leaping-and-whizzing-back/)

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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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-watts/t-he-chances-of-survival-are-best-when-there-is-no-anxiety-to-survive/)

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