All Alan Watts Quotes
- There is a deep, peaceful calm in the dawning of a new day. Calm
- Nothing is more creative than death, since it has the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown… Abandoned
- Do you define yourself as a victim of the world? Or, as the world? Define
- The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss." Chinese
- The 'you' who you think you are does not exist. Doe
- Everybody is fundamentally the ultimate reality... Everybody
- We are sick with fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas. Meditation is therefore the art of… Art
- Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe, and what that requires is that we shut… Basic
- Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is. Affair
- The role of the Guru is to show the person that he already has what he is looking for. Guru
- The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity and it is really impossible to tell whether something that happens in it… Bad
- There are two specific objections to use of psychedelic drugs.First,use of these drugs may be dangerous.Howev er,every worth-while exploration is dangerous-climb ing mountains,testi ng aircraft,rocket… Actual
- The world is a marvelous system of wiggles. Funny
- The wake doesn't drive the ship Drive
- Time is a social institution and not a physical reality. There is no such thing as time in the natural world - the world of… Biological
- All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head. All
- The biggest ego trip going is getting rid of your ego Biggest
- A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool. Body
- If you are ready to wake up, you are going to wake up. If you're not you are going to stay pretending that you are… Little
- The Art of Being: A state of wholeness in which the mind functions freely and easily, without the sensation of a second mind or ego… Art
- Do you have any control over being conscious? Do you know how you will? Any
- It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn. Acorn
- What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life? Enjoy
- You're not something that's a result of the big bang. You're not something that is a sort of puppet on the end of the process.… Bang
- The truth is revealed by removing things that stand in its light, an art not unlike sculpture, in which the artist creates, not by building,… Art