"To understand music, you must listen to it.……" — Alan Watts

To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as… - Alan Watts

"To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening."

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347 Quotes by Alan Watts

Alan Watts has 347 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not…
Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.
So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of…
If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no…
The sound of the rain needs no translation.
You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it.
Man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about a small star at the…
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora…
If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of…
The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its…
To be alive spiritually man must have union with God and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union…
We usually don't look. We overlook.

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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