What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag? But you see, that's what people do.

Quote by Alan Watts

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being,...

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being,...

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

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

Saints need sinners.

Saints need sinners.

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...

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...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the...

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the...

When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective

When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective

It all bottomed out with the Renaissance Period. Ren-ais-sance. Thats Renaissance, FRENCH for re-birth. Re-nais-sance....

It all bottomed out with the Renaissance Period. Ren-ais-sance. Thats Renaissance, FRENCH for re-birth. Re-nais-sance....

The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which...

The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...