November 16 Quotes

105 quotes in this collection

"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. A quiet truth behind the illusion of the ego."

-- Alan Watts

"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. A quiet truth behind the illusion of the ego."

-- Alan Watts

"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be. A timeless observation that challenges our Western conditioning."

-- Alan Watts

"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be. A timeless observation that challenges our Western conditioning."

-- Alan Watts

"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. Words of awakening and existential clarity."

-- Alan Watts

"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. Words of awakening and existential clarity."

-- Alan Watts

"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."

-- Alan Watts

"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."

-- Alan Watts

"You are an aperture through which the universe is looking and exploring itself. This powerful statement invites us to simply be."

-- Alan Watts

"You are an aperture through which the universe is looking and exploring itself. This powerful statement invites us to simply be."

-- Alan Watts

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. This spiritual wisdom still echoes across modern mindfulness practices."

-- Alan Watts

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. This spiritual wisdom still echoes across modern mindfulness practices."

-- Alan Watts

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."

-- Alan Watts

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."

-- Alan Watts

"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. This encapsulates the essence of Eastern philosophy."

-- Alan Watts

"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. This encapsulates the essence of Eastern philosophy."

-- Alan Watts

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Such is the nature of the Zen mindset."

-- Alan Watts

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Such is the nature of the Zen mindset."

-- Alan Watts