“When there is a crack in the Cosmic Egg, Buddha is about to be born.” — Alan W. Watts Buddha Copy Share Image
“Nobody believes in God like an atheist: 'There is no God, and I am His prophet.” — Alan W. Watts Atheist Copy Share Image
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“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
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“The whole history of religion is the history of the failure of preaching. Preaching is moral violence.” — Alan W. Watts Failure Copy Share Image
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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… — Alan W. Watts Infinitely 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 Biology 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,… — Alan W. Watts Perceive 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
“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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“[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
“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
“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 Fear 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
“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
“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
“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 Character 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… — Alan W. Watts Curiosity 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… — Alan W. Watts Atomic bomb Copy Share Image
“The world outside your skin is just as much you as the world inside: they move together inseparably, and at first you… — Alan W. Watts Breathes Copy Share Image
“...he will accompany us on a hike in the hills, leaping and whizzing back and forth, and coming when called as well… — Alan W. Watts Creative energy Copy Share Image
“To cut a long story short, thus far the contribution of logical philosophy to metaphysics has been entirely negative. The verdict seems… — Alan W. Watts Long story Copy Share Image
“[F]or several thousand years we have been obsessed with a false humility—on the one hand, putting ourselves down as mere creatures" who… — Alan W. Watts False humility 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… — Alan W. Watts Books Copy Share Image
“nirvana, must of necessity happen by itself. It not only cannot but must not be induced by trying and willing, since anything… — Alan W. Watts Necessity Copy Share Image
“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 Death Copy Share Image
“I’m a philosopher. If you don’t argue with me, I don’t know what to think. So if we argue, I have to… — Alan W. Watts Different point of view Copy Share Image
“By itself, a tree is meaningless, but it is the meaning of the word “tree.” — Alan W. Watts Trees 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 Hard to trust 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
“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 Nature Copy Share Image
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