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Alan Wilson Watts
1915-1973 • British-American
British philosopher who interpreted Eastern philosophy for Western audiences. His lectures and books made Zen accessible to millions.
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“Things are as they are because they could not be otherwise.”
“The way is the way.”
“Trust the river of your life.”
“Do not stop the river of yourself.”
“The Way is doing nothing and leaving nothing undone.”
“What is reality? It is whatever's happening — right now.”
“The universe is a magnificent practical joke.”
“You cannot be the perceiver of perception.”
“Stop the search. The seeker is what is sought.”
“To be fully alive, fully here, is to be fully nowhere else.”
“Awareness has no center, no edges, no inside or outside.”
“In every breath, the whole of life is renewed.”
“The future never comes; the past has never been.”
“To be what you already are is the only freedom worth having.”
“Stop and look. There is so much more here than thought.”
“Awareness is what you are, not what you do.”
“The art of living is the art of allowing.”
“Letting go is the highest discipline.”
“There is no place to go. There is only here.”
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