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Quotes by Alan Watts

Born: 6th January 1915, Died: 16th November 1973
Alan Watts was a British philosopher.
Welcome to our collection of profound insights and thought-provoking reflections by the brilliant philosopher, Alan Watts. Dive into the wisdom of this influential writer and speaker as you explore a compilation of his most compelling quotes. Immerse yourself in the timeless teachings of Watts, contemplating subjects such as existence, consciousness, spirituality, and the nature of reality. Discover the transformative power of his words and be inspired to explore life's deepest questions with an open mind and a greater sense of wonder. Embrace the opportunity to expand your perspective and gain new insights as you navigate through this thoughtfully curated collection of Alan Watts' quotes.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Read Summary

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 and badly arranged constellations. Read Summary

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. Read Summary

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean. Read Summary

Unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. Read Summary

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 you're connected with everything. Read Summary

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes. Read Summary

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

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is. Read Summary

But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful. Read Summary

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present. Read Summary

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity. Read Summary

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level. Read Summary

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them. Read Summary

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 will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Read Summary

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. Read Summary

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

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. Read Summary

I owe my solitude to other people. Read Summary

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. Read Summary