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

~Alan Watts

Topics: Change Dance Join Make Move Only Out Plunge Sense Way

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

~Alan Watts

Topics: Being Cannot More Pain Pleasure Sensitive We Cannot Without

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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.

~Alan Watts

Topics: Because Drown Faith Float Grab Hold Instead Relax Sink Swim Trust Water Will You Yourself

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No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

~Alan Watts

Topics: Capacity Fear Flourish Future Guilt Heart Just Living Love Made No Work Now Out Plans Those Valid Who Will Work

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

~Alan Watts

Topics: Attention Conscious Ego Focus Nothing Other Than

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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.

~Alan Watts

Topics: Come Connected Everything Far Forest Get Go Hermits Off Quiet Realize Tell Understand Very You

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You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

~Alan Watts

Topics: God Look Out Sky Something You

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No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

~Alan Watts

Topics: Capacity Future Living Made Now Plans Those Valid Who

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

~Alan Watts

Topics: Bite Define Like Own Teeth Trying Your Yourself

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In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.

~Alan Watts

Topics: About Becomes Certain Faith Fanatic God Ideas In Other Words Matters Nature Other Person Religion Universe Who Words

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 6th, 1915

Died: November 16th, 1973

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