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“Nothing unites a community so much as common cause against an external enemy, yet, in the same moment, that enemy becomes the… — Alan W. Watts Community 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
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“nirvana, must of necessity happen by itself. It not only cannot but must not be induced by trying and willing, since anything… — Alan W. Watts Necessity 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
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“The yin-yang view of the world is serenely cyclic. Fortune and misfortune, life and death, whether on small scale or vast, come… — Alan W. Watts Life Copy Share Image
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“To abandon the idea of separation from and submission to God has always been feared as a threat to morals, but there… — Alan W. Watts Chain of command 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
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“[E]very individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree. To manifest individuality,… — Alan W. Watts Identity Copy Share Image
“[L]ife is a system of geological and biological cooperation. Certainly, the system contains fights: birds against worms, snails against lettuce, and spiders… — Alan W. Watts Natural enemies Copy Share Image
“The energy and material which we have all squandered on making war since even 1914 could have warmed, fed, and clothed everyone… — Alan W. Watts Patriotism Copy Share Image
“We must go to the roots of a problem and not invest too much energy fiddling with the symptoms. We shall never… — Alan W. Watts Roots Copy Share Image
“To cut a long story short, thus far the contribution of logical philosophy to metaphysics has been entirely negative. The verdict seems… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“My vocation in life is to wonder about at the nature of the universe. This leads me into philosophy, psychology, religion, and… — Alan W. Watts Everlasting love Copy Share Image
“[F]or several thousand years we have been obsessed with a false humility—on the one hand, putting ourselves down as mere creatures" who… — Alan W. Watts False humility 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
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![“[W]hat is ordinarily felt as the wayward, unpredictable, dangerous, and even hostile world - including one's capricious emotions and inner feelings - is actually one's own being and doing. The very sense that this is not so is, in turn, part of its being so,” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/alan-w-watts-9497_inner-feelings_w-hat-is-ordinarily-felt-as-the-wayward_3005743.jpg)
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![“[E]very individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree. To manifest individuality, every branch must have a sensitive connection with the tree, just as our independently moving and differentiated fingers must have a sensitive connection…” quote by Alan W. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/alan-w-watts-9497_identity_e-very-individual-is-a-unique-manifestat_3002261.jpg)
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