Alan Watts

"Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling my way along, without ever knowing too far in advance what note to play next."

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."

"You are the cause of your own suffering because you are the cause of your own attachment."

"The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear."

"The eternal present is the structure of ultimate reality."

"You've got to make up your mind: are you going to control things or are you going to enjoy them?"

"I have nothing to do because all is well."

"Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence."

"The supreme command of the law is love."

"Nobody could possibly go on living if he took the world seriously."

"As a matter of actual fact, what we are always looking at is the world; man is looking at it through a particular pit in the world."

"The self is where everything begins. If you don't know yourself, you don't know anybody."

"So the moment in which you become frightened is the moment in which you stop living."

"Wisdom is the chief thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."

"The only way to cope with something impossible to avoid is to laugh at it."

"There is wisdom in not being too wise."

"The Godhead is neither masculine nor feminine, not even personal."

"The greatest threat to world peace is the spread of weapons of mass destruction."

"Death is the only wise adviser. Whenever you feel insignificant and ask yourself what's the point, think of your death."

"You cannot be conscious of yourself and think about yourself at the same time."

"Most of us fail to achieve our full potential because we are afraid to appear foolish."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"We are sick because we are divided."

"It is impossible to separate what we think from what we do."

"Every individual is an incarnation of the whole of nature."

"The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed."

"The great secret of morality is love; or a going out of one's self."

"Millions of people haven't found the way because they insist on searching for it."

"Doing evil is easier than avoiding it."

"The only thing that interferes with learning is your existing knowledge."