January 6 Quotes
115 quotes in this collection
"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. This spiritual wisdom still echoes across modern mindfulness practices."
-- Alan Watts"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"What you are basically, deep, deep down, far, far in, is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself. Such is the nature of the Zen mindset."
-- Alan Watts"The only real 'you' is the one that comes and goes, manifests and dies, and therefore is not a 'you' at all. This encapsulates the essence of Eastern philosophy."
-- Alan Watts"When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us. A quiet truth behind the illusion of the ego."
-- Alan Watts"Faith is a state of openness or trust. Let this profound wisdom guide your meditation."
-- Alan Watts"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. Words of awakening and existential clarity."
-- Alan Watts"Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present. A timeless observation that challenges our Western conditioning."
-- Alan Watts"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"Peace can be made only by those who are peaceful, and love can be shown only by those who love. This powerful statement invites us to simply be."
-- Alan Watts"Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, 'I am listening to this music,' you are not listening. This spiritual wisdom still echoes across modern mindfulness practices."
-- Alan Watts"The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. Such is the nature of the Zen mindset."
-- Alan Watts"We do not 'come into' this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. This encapsulates the essence of Eastern philosophy."
-- Alan Watts"A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily. A quiet truth behind the illusion of the ego."
-- Alan Watts"There is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity. Let this profound wisdom guide your meditation."
-- Alan Watts"Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences. Words of awakening and existential clarity."
-- Alan Watts"The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. A timeless observation that challenges our Western conditioning."
-- Alan Watts"Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. This powerful statement invites us to simply be."
-- Alan Watts"If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. This spiritual wisdom still echoes across modern mindfulness practices."
-- Alan Watts"Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars. Such is the nature of the Zen mindset."
-- Alan Watts
