38 Quotes By Alan Watts


But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
Alan Watts on attitude

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.
Alan Watts on attitude

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

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
Alan Watts on experience

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.
Alan Watts on faith

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
Alan Watts on faith

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
Alan Watts on faith

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.
Alan Watts on faith

Faith is a state of openness or trust.
Alan Watts on faith

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
Alan Watts on fear

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
Alan Watts on future

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Alan Watts on future

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
Alan Watts on future

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
Alan Watts on god

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Alan Watts on god

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
Alan Watts on god

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.
Alan Watts on god

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.
Alan Watts on god

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.
Alan Watts on god

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible.
Alan Watts on god