Alan Watts

A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.

Alan Watts

A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.

Alan Watts

All too easily, we confuse the world as we symbolize it with the world as it is.

Alan Watts

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

Alan Watts

Belief clings, but faith lets go.

Alan Watts

But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.

Alan Watts

Change is an illusion because we’re always at the place where any future can take us.

Alan Watts

Discord on one level is harmony on another.

Alan Watts

Don’t hurry anything. Don’t worry about the future. Don’t worry about what progress you’re making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.

Alan Watts

Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is.

Alan Watts