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Becomes Quotes by Alan Watts
- Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes…
- The harder we try to catch hold of the moment, to seize a pleasant sensation..., the more elusive it becomes... It is like trying to…
- The further and further we look out with our telescopes and the further and further we look in with our microscopes, the larger and larger…
- 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,…
- Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the…
- Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than…
- Here is the vicious circle: if you feel separate from your organic life, you feel driven to survive; survival -going on living- thus becomes a…
- The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it becomes. It is like trying to clutch water in ones…
More Becomes Quotes
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a… — Rowan Atkinson
- Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. — Saint Augustine
- The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius
- Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. — Paul Auster
- When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery… — Teresa of Avila
- I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going… — David Axelrod
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. — Charles Babbage
- In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase… — Charles Babbage
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats… — Michelle Bachelet