Alan Watts

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

Alan Watts

We usually don’t look. We overlook.

Alan Watts

When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique.

Alan Watts

A chest of gold coins or a fat wallet of bills is of no use whatsoever to a wrecked sailor alone on a raft.

Alan Watts

A holy person is someone who is whole; who has, as it were, reconciled his opposites.

Alan Watts

A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool.

Alan Watts

A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.

Alan Watts

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

Alan Watts

A paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention.

Alan Watts

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

Alan Watts