Alan Watts Quotes

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be

suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

You didn’t come into this world.

You came out of it,

like a wave from the ocean.

This is the real secret of life

to be completely engaged with

what you are doing in the here and now.

We seldom realize,

for example,

that our most private thoughts

and emotions are not actually our own.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,

move with it, and join the dance.

Life is not a problem to be solved,

but an experience to be had.

You are an aperture through

which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those

who have no capacity for living now.

The more a thing tends to be permanent,

the more it tends to be lifeless.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously

what the gods made for fun.

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