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

Quote by Alan Watts

Topics: Alan Watts Quotes

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...

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...

But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far...

But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far...

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from...

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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

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

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move...

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move...

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to...

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an...

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an...

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...

We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to...

We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to...

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

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

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...