Alan Watts Quotes (0+)

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

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself

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.

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

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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