“This is what is called "honor among thieves," for the really dangerous people are those who do not recognize that they are… — Alan W. Watts Bad guy Copy Share Image
“[T]he question "What is everything?" has no meaning, even though it seems to be profound. [...] The point is, perhaps, that I… — Alan W. Watts Curiosity Copy Share Image
“In knowing the world we humanize it, and if, as we discover it, we are astonished at its dimensions and its complexity,… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“Who wants to serve in a police vice squad, spending hours peeking into men’s johns to detect acts of homosexuality? Who wants… — Alan W. Watts Atomic bomb Copy Share Image
“[T]he world as described is included in but is not the same as the world as it is. As a way of… — Alan W. Watts Life Copy Share Image
“[S]een as a whole the universe is a harmony or symbiosis of patterns which cannot exist without each other.” — Alan W. Watts Peace Copy Share Image
“The Book I am thinking about would not be religious in the usual sense, but it would have to discuss many things… — Alan W. Watts Books Copy Share Image
“Great power is worry, and total power is boredom, such that even God renounces it and pretends, instead, that he is people… — Alan W. Watts Fear Copy Share Image
“The human organism has the same kind of innate intelligence as the ecosystems of nature, and the wisdom of the nerves and… — Alan W. Watts Biology Copy Share Image
“We can never, never describe all the features of the total situation, not only because every situation is infinitely complex, but also… — Alan W. Watts Philosophy Copy Share Image
“When there is a crack in the Cosmic Egg, Buddha is about to be born.” — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“...he will accompany us on a hike in the hills, leaping and whizzing back and forth, and coming when called as well… — Alan W. Watts Creative energy Copy Share Image
“[T]he chances of survival are best when there is no anxiety to survive, and [...] the greatest power is available to those… — Alan W. Watts Anxiety Copy Share Image
“This willful, compulsive, moralistic approach to man’s transformation always obstructs it—for it still implies that very illusion of self-mastery which stands in… — Alan W. Watts Change Copy Share Image
“I’m a philosopher. If you don’t argue with me, I don’t know what to think. So if we argue, I have to… — Alan W. Watts Different point of view Copy Share Image
“Taoists do not look upon meditation as 'practice,' except in the sense that a doctor 'practices' medicine. They have no design to… — Alan W. Watts Discipline Copy Share Image
“W might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see… — Alan W. Watts Human nature Copy Share Image
“Is a long life such a good thing if it is lived in daily dread of death or in constant search for… — Alan W. Watts Death Copy Share Image
“If the earth is man’s extended body, to be loved and respected as one’s own body, those who do no greening of… — Alan W. Watts Nature Copy Share Image
“For most of us, the other half of sanity lies simply in seeing and enjoying the unknown, just as we can enjoy… — Alan W. Watts Music Copy Share Image
“Just as the bird leaves no trace, no record of its flight upon the void, so human desire can gain nothing out… — Alan W. Watts Creative life Copy Share Image
“When it comes down to it, government is simply an abandonment of responsibility on the assumption that there are people, other than… — Alan W. Watts Character Copy Share Image
