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

Quote by Alan Watts

Topics: Anti War Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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.

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...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation,...

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation,...

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...