All Alan Watts Quotes
- Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown. Act
- The life of Zen begins, therefore, in a disillusion with the pursuit of goals which do not really exist the good without the bad, the… Bad
- To remain caught up in ideas and words about Zen is, as the old masters say, to stink of Zen. Caught
- In Zen, poverty is voluntary, and considered not really as poverty so much as simplicity, freedom, unclutteredness. Considered
- And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize that it is… Aware
- If we want justice for minorities and cooled wars with our natural enemies, whether human or nonhuman, we must first come to terms with the… Anywhere
- The point, which can hardly be repeated too often, is that differentiation is not separation. The head and the feet are different, but not separate,… Branch
- There is no coming toward it or going away from it; it is, and you are it. Coming
- The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Acceptance
- You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you. Challenges
- To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you… Drown
- No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made… Capacity
- But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. Attitude
- Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. Confuse
- I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there… All
- But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that… Connected
- The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but… Accumulate
- So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself. Complete
- Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. Bite
- Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. Actually Feel
- We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. Inspiring
- The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. Attention
- Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well… Arranged
- How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque… Anything Less
- In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe,… All