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.

Quote by Alan Watts

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And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding...

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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 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...

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?...

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 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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit. Just a poor...

I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit. Just a poor...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it...

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...