Alan Watts Quotes, Thoughts and images

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be

Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by the degree of presence.

No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.

By going out of your mind, you come to your senses

Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.

People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live.

You are the universe experiencing itself.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

We see what we believe rather than what we see.

All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head.

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

The destination of life is this eternal moment.

You must not be afraid of playing wrong notes. Just forget it, play it wrong! But play!

Do you see yourself as a victim of the world, or do you see yourself as the world?

Stay in the centre, and you will be ready to move in any direction.

Your soul isn't in your body; your body is in your soul!

There is a deep, peaceful calm in the dawning of a new day.

Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.

Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.

A self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

The sound of the rain needs no translation.

Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we're not alone.