The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it becomes. It is like trying to clutch water in ones hands. The harder we grip, the more it slips through our fingers.

Quote by Alan Watts

Topics: Change Quotes, Effort Quotes, Present Quotes

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever...

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever...

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't...

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't...

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they...

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when...

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen...

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen...

Saints need sinners.

Saints need sinners.

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...

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...

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

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

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag?...

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag?...

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 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...