How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.

Quote by Alan Watts

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I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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...

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...

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

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

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to...

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to...

If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them...

If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them...

So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself...

So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself...

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

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

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...

Wars based on principle are far more destructive...the attacker will not destroy that which he...

Wars based on principle are far more destructive...the attacker will not destroy that which he...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

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...

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

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

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...

And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and...

And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and...

Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it.

Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole...

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of...

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of...

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live,...

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live,...

No one can roll back the time,everyone has to just keep pace with the mighty...

No one can roll back the time,everyone has to just keep pace with the mighty...