"If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even……" — Alan Watts
"If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed"
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347 Quotes by Alan Watts
Alan Watts has 347 quotes on this site.
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The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not…
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Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.
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So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of…
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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…
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The sound of the rain needs no translation.
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You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it.
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Man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about a small star at the…
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But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora…
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If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of…
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The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its…
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To be alive spiritually man must have union with God and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union…
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We usually don't look. We overlook.
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I feel we are so blessed to live in a country where we enjoy so many rights that other countries…
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The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound…
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The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in…
— Dietrich von Hildebrand
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I am going to make sure that transformation happens, and I will do it in ways you cannot even imagine.
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All teachers are good for someone. There are some teachers out there who I cannot stand, for whatever reason. I…
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I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
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Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of…
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In order to understand, it is immensely important for the person who understands to be located outside the object of…
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I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.
— George Balanchine
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