Alan Watts

"The ultimate religious experience is to realize that you are God."

"Belief clings; knowing releases."

"The highest form of intelligence is the ability to adapt."

"Suffering is caused by attachment to things that are impermanent."

"Nature does not hurry; everything unfolds in its own time."

"We spend our lives standing in line waiting for something that is not real."

"The fundamental nature of reality is its fundamental nature."

"You become what you think about all day long."

"The only thing that can limit you is your belief."

"Music happens between the notes."

"The future is like a bridge that hasn't been built yet."

"What is necessary is not to hold fast to the past but to release it."

"The secret is to recognize that you don't exist separate from the world."

"Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts."

"True adventure is an inexplicable desire to experience the unknown."

"The purpose of life is not to arrive at death in good condition."

"Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it merely changes form."

"The mind creates the illusion of separation."

"Success without peace is hollow."

"We are living in a fantasy world of our own creation."

"The greatest wisdom is in seeing through the illusions we create."

"Life is fundamentally a creative adventure."

"You must realize that the only real security is insecurity."

"The highest creativity flows from a mind at peace."

"What you think you become; what you feel, you attract."

"The ego cannot understand the nature of the self."

"Loneliness is not the absence of people but lack of authentic connection."

"Reality is not what we perceive; it is what we are."

"The purpose of ritual is to awaken the sleeping consciousness."

"True power is the ability to not use power."