All Alan Watts Quotes
- The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more… Beings
- Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment. Always Arrived
- So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of energy, nerve-work, and materials in… Amounts
- If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no greening of themselves will hardly… All
- The sound of the rain needs no translation. Rain
- You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it. Especially
- Man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about a small star at the outskirts of an ordinary galaxy.… Absolutely
- But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws made for our… Busybodies
- If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of this present. I shall still… Actually Living
- The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its course. You do not play… Chord
- To be alive spiritually man must have union with God and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union his religious life will be… Alive
- We usually don't look. We overlook. Journey
- I was talking to a Zen master the other day and he said, "You shall be my disciple."I looked at him and said, "Who was… Burst
- Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity. Dangerous
- To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses. Day
- Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be Go
- Lack of love for the vegetative, subtle, cthonic, pagan, and sexy aspect of the world means death. Aspect
- You, yourself, are the eternal energy which appears as this Universe. You didn't come into this world; you came out of it. Like a wave… Appears
- As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one… Alone
- Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it. Environment
- When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. Dance
- A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world… All
- Beyond positive and negative, what is Reality? Beyond
- Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination. Awareness
- That's a waste of time. If you really understand Zen... you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could use Alice in… Alice