Alan Watts

The human organism has the same kind of innate intelligence as the ecosystems of nature, and the wisdom of the nerves and senses must be watched with patience and respect.

Alan Watts

The life of Zen begins, therefore, in a disillusion with the pursuit of goals which do not really exist the good without the bad, the gratification of a self which is no more than an idea, and the morrow which never comes.

Alan Watts

The mark of an intelligent and educated man is one who does not really accept the idea of ‘work’. That is to say; he does not accept the process of doing chores every day, that aren’t in the least bit interesting to him, just in order to go on living.

Alan Watts

The more we struggle for life as pleasure, the more we are actually killing what we love.

Alan Watts

The most real state, is the state of nothing.

Alan Watts

The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.

Alan Watts

The person who is constantly anxious is the person who is resisting the flip-flopability of things.

Alan Watts

The possession of a strong will and a clever head makes some things very difficult to see.

Alan Watts

The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more real than the present.

Alan Watts

The question is not what I should do in the future to get it, but rather, what am I presently doing that prevents me from realizing it right now?

Alan Watts