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Alan Watts Quotes

Biography: Alan Watts is known for popularizing Eastern philosophy for Western au... more Biography: Alan Watts is known for popularizing Eastern philosophy for Western audiences. He was a British writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer," who distilled complex topics from Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism into accessible concepts. Watts authored over 25 books and numerous essays, contributing significantly to the 1960s counterculture movement. less

"You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago."

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"You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing."

Tags: Philosophy, Nature, Existence, Universe, Metaphysics

"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."

Tags: Philosophy, Spirituality, Humor, Existentialism, Religion

"We do not come into this world; we come out"

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"The art of living… is neither careless drift"

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"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone."

Tags: Wisdom, Mindfulness, Nature, Peace, Patience

"The world is filled with love-play, from top"

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"To have faith is to trust yourself to the wa"

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"Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command."

Tags: Love, Relationships, Authenticity, Truth, Integrity

"Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Action

"A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world."

Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Understanding, Human experience, Narrative

"The only zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the zen you bring up there."

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"The more we struggle for life (as pleasure), the more we are actually killing what we love."

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"We are not going to be able to operate our spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody."

Tags: Unity, Sustainability, Global cooperation, Future of humanity, Collective responsibility

"The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-awareness, Mindfulness, Identity, Psychology