"Only words and conventions can isolate us from……" — Alan Watts
"Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything."
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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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More Conventions Quotes
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one of 458 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics…
— Rudolf Arnheim
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By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.
— Carol Bellamy
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This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
— David Brinkley
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
— Barbara Bush
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and…
— Barbara Bush
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In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science…
— Jonathan Carroll
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The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts…
— Emanuel Celler
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When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of…
— John Yoo
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There are many who subscribe to the convention that service is a business cost, but our data demonstrates that superior…
— Jim Bush
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There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a…
— George Santayana
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How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump…
— Bill Bradley
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