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.

Quote by Alan Watts

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Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by...

Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by...

Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand...

Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand...

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people...

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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

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

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make...

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make...

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such...

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such...

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being,...

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being,...

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just...

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just...

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great...

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great...

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of...

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of...

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

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

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance,...

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance,...

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea...

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea...

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

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

Saints need sinners.

Saints need sinners.

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

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

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

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

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.