“Is a long life such a good thing if it is lived in daily dread of death or in constant search for… — 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 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]hen "the rule of law" becomes absolutized and everything is done by the book or the computer, people call out in desperation… — 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… — 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 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
“[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 Copy Share Image
“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 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… — Alan W. Watts 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 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
“[W]hat is ordinarily felt as the wayward, unpredictable, dangerous, and even hostile world - including one's capricious emotions and inner feelings -… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“[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 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
“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
“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 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
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