--- title: "25 Trying Quotes By Alan Watts" description: "25 Trying quotes by Alan Watts. Plus more from Alan Watts and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/alan-watts-587_cybersecurity_insecurity-is-the-result-of-trying-to-be_720762.jpg" --- > [Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/insecurity-is-the-result-of-trying-to-be-secure/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/alan-watts-587_cybersecurity_insecurity-is-the-result-of-trying-to-be_720762.jpg) > [Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/running-away-from-fear-is-fear-fighting-pain-is-pain-trying-to-be/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/alan-watts-587_be-brave_running-away-from-fear-is-fear-fighting_386743.jpg) > [Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/trying-to-define-yourself-is-like-trying-to-bite-your-own-teeth/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/alan-watts-587_bite_trying-to-define-yourself-is-like-trying_286380.jpg) > [Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/hurrying-and-delaying-are-alike-ways-of-trying-to-resist-the-present/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/alan-watts-587_hurrying_hurrying-and-delaying-are-alike-ways-of_1617908.jpg) > [You don't need to try to be God, you are! But if you try to be God it means you don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/you-don-t-need-to-try-to-be-god-you-are-but-if-you-try-to-be-god-it/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/alan-watts-587_god_you-don-t-need-to-try-to-be-god-you-are_540451.jpg) > [A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/a-scholar-tries-to-learn-something-everyday-a-student-of-buddhism/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/alan-watts-587_buddhism_a-scholar-tries-to-learn-something-every_1879368.jpg) > [There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/there-is-a-peculiar-contradiction-in-trying-to-be-a-member-of-a/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/alan-watts-587_believe_there-is-a-peculiar-contradiction-in-try_510784.jpg) > [Try to imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up... now try to imagine what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/try-to-imagine-what-it-will-be-like-to-go-to-sleep-and-never-wake-up/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/alan-watts-587_going-to-sleep_try-to-imagine-what-it-will-be-like-to-g_1209575.jpg) > [Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/of-course-you-can-t-force-your-mind-to-be-silent-that-would-be-like/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/alan-watts-587_calm_of-course-you-can-t-force-your-mind-to-b_329878.jpg) > [Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/everyone-has-love-but-it-can-only-come-out-when-he-is-convinced-of/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/alan-watts-587_convinced_everyone-has-love-but-it-can-only-come-o_2722189.jpg) > [But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/but-the-disappearance-of-the-effort-to-let-go-is-precisely-the/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/alan-watts-587_disappearance_but-the-disappearance-of-the-effort-to-l_420040.jpg) > [To resist change, to try to cling to life, is therefore like holding your breath: if you persist you kill yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/to-resist-change-to-try-to-cling-to-life-is-therefore-like-holding/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/alan-watts-587_breaths_to-resist-change-to-try-to-cling-to-life_1978312.jpg) > [There is only this now. It does not come from anywhere; it is not going anywhere. It is not permanent, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/there-is-only-this-now-it-does-not-come-from-anywhere-it-is-not-going/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/alan-watts-587_doe_there-is-only-this-now-it-does-not-come_3142242.jpg) > [For the perfect accomplishment of any art, you must get this feeling of the eternal present into your bones - for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/for-the-perfect-accomplishment-of-any-art-you-must-get-this-feeling/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/alan-watts-587_accomplishment_for-the-perfect-accomplishment-of-any-ar_938403.jpg) > [The psychotherapist ... tries to help the individual to be himself and to go it alone without giving unnecessary offense to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-psychotherapist-tries-to-help-the-individual-to-be-himself-and-to/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/280/alan-watts-587_community_the-psychotherapist-tries-to-help-the-in_60364.jpg) > [More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/more-and-more-we-try-to-effect-an-adaptation-to-life-by-means-of/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/alan-watts-587_adaptation_more-and-more-we-try-to-effect-an-adapta_2176867.jpg) > [The harder we try to catch hold of the moment, to seize a pleasant sensation..., the more elusive it becomes... It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-harder-we-try-to-catch-hold-of-the-moment-to-seize-a-pleasant/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/alan-watts-587_clutch_the-harder-we-try-to-catch-hold-of-the-m_1315740.jpg) > [You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/you-know-that-if-you-get-in-the-water-and-have-nothing-to-hold-on-to/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/alan-watts-587_behave_you-know-that-if-you-get-in-the-water-an_2675179.jpg) > [There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied. You cannot talk yourself into it or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/there-is-no-formula-for-generating-the-authentic-warmth-of-love-it-3/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/alan-watts-587_awareness_there-is-no-formula-for-generating-the-a_2871919.jpg) > [The real reason why human life can be so utterly exasperating and frustrating is not because there are facts called death, pain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-real-reason-why-human-life-can-be-so-utterly-exasperating-and/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/alan-watts-587_buzz_the-real-reason-why-human-life-can-be-so_3001711.jpg) > [so, the whole idea, you see, is that everything's falling apart, so don't try and stop it. when you're falling off a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/so-the-whole-idea-you-see-is-that-everything-s-falling-apart-so-don-t/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/alan-watts-587_able_so-the-whole-idea-you-see-is-that-everyt_2548905.jpg) > [I can only think seriously of trying to live up to an ideal, to improve myself, if I am split in two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/i-can-only-think-seriously-of-trying-to-live-up-to-an-ideal-to/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/alan-watts-587_behave_i-can-only-think-seriously-of-trying-to_163007.jpg) > [There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied. You cannot talk yourself into it or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/there-is-no-formula-for-generating-the-authentic-warmth-of-love-it-2/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/alan-watts-587_awareness_there-is-no-formula-for-generating-the-a_1601674.jpg) > [The question "What shall we do about it?" is only asked by those who do not understand the problem. If a problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-question-what-shall-we-do-about-it-is-only-asked-by-those-who-do/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/alan-watts-587_clear_the-question-what-shall-we-do-about-it-i_1989922.jpg) > [Zen is really extraordinarily simple as long as one doesn't try to be cute about it or beat around the bush! Zen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/zen-is-really-extraordinarily-simple-as-long-as-one-doesn-t-try-to-be/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/alan-watts-587_beats_zen-is-really-extraordinarily-simple-as_843915.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## More by Alan Watts > [“The self-conscious feedback mechanism of the cortex allows us the hallucination that we are two souls in one body -a rational soul and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-self-conscious-feedback-mechanism-of-the-cortex-allows-us-the/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it becomes. It is like trying to clutch water in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-more-we-try-to-catch-hold-of-the-present-moment-the-more-elusive/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-universe-is-the-game-of-the-self-which-plays-hide-and-seek/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of this present. I shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/if-my-happiness-at-this-moment-consists-largely-in-reviewing-happy/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [...mysticism and empiricism go together in opposition to scholasticism...they base themselves on the non-linear world of experience rather than the linear world of letters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/mysticism-and-empiricism-go-together-in-opposition-to-scholasticism/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-hallucination-of-being-a-separate-ego-will-not-stand-up-to/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/although-profoundly-inconsequential-the-zen-experience-has/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [Everything is perpetually becoming new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/everything-is-perpetually-becoming-new/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [The psychotherapist ... tries to help the individual to be himself and to go it alone without giving unnecessary offense to his community, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-psychotherapist-tries-to-help-the-individual-to-be-himself-and-to/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [“As you make more and more powerful microscopic instruments, the universe has to get smaller and smaller in order to escape the investigation. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/as-you-make-more-and-more-powerful-microscopic-instruments-the/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [We are at the moment looking at space as something to be entered by the tremendous thrust of a rocket because that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/we-are-at-the-moment-looking-at-space-as-something-to-be-entered-by/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/a-philosopher-is-a-sort-of-intellectual-yokel-who-gawks-at-things/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [The best way to convince someone is by making him realize that what you speak came from his own mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-best-way-to-convince-someone-is-by-making-him-realize-that-what/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-myths-underlying-our-culture-and-underlying-our-common-sense-have/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) > [To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/to-feel-that-life-is-meaningless-unless-i-can-be-permanent-is-like/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/alan-watts/#itemlist", "name": "25 Trying Quotes By Alan Watts", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Watts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/insecurity-is-the-result-of-trying-to-be-secure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/alan-watts-587_cybersecurity_insecurity-is-the-result-of-trying-to-be_720762.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/alan-watts-587_cybersecurity_insecurity-is-the-result-of-trying-to-be_720762.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/alan-watts-587_cybersecurity_insecurity-is-the-result-of-trying-to-be_720762.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.” — Alan Watts", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Running away from fear is fear; 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