We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Quote by Alan Watts

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A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of...

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of...

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity...

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity...

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...

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...

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave...

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave...

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...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

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...

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.

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...

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must...

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must...