"The real Zen of the old Chinese masters……" — Alan Watts
"The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss.""
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347 Quotes by Alan Watts
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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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Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie.
— Alec Baldwin
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I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed…
— Martha Beck
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Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance…
— John Berger
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The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part…
— Anthony Bourdain
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We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next…
— Buzz Aldrin
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All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the…
— Buzz Aldrin
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To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the…
— Buzz Aldrin
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We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male…
— Nicolas Cage
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We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused…
— David Cameron
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