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Mere Quotes by Alan Watts
- 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…
- We must see that consciousness is neither an isolated soul nor the mere function of a single nervous system, but of that totality of interrelated…
- The problem comes up because we ask the question in the wrong way. We supposed that solids were one thing and space quite another, or…
- Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to…
- 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…
- We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness.
- And people get all fouled up because they want the world to have meaning as if it were words... As if you had a meaning,…
- The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness…
More Mere Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a… — Honore de Balzac
- The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. — Douglas Adams
- Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that… — Tyra Banks
- Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere… — Mario Batali
- Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere… — Evan Bayh