Alan Watts quotes and words of wisdom

"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."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know."
Found in the topic Reality.

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."
Found in the topic Self.

"No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them."
Found in the topic Music.

"Saints need sinners."
Found in the topic Saint.

"No work of love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."
Found in the topic Future.

"When your eyes are functioning well you don"t see your eyes. If your eyes are imperfect you see spots in front of them. That means there are some lesions in the retina or wherever, and because your eyes aren"t working properly, you feel them. In the same way, you don"t hear your ears. If you have a ringing in your ears it means there"s something wrong with your ears. Therefore, if you do feel yourself, there must be something wrong with you. Whatever you have, the sensation of I is like spots in front of your eyes - it means something"s wrong with your functioning."
Found in the topic Goals.

Interesting Quotes

Bond. James Bond.Ian Fleming

Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little more time for dreaming.J.P. McEvoy