When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.
Alan WattsWhat the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag? But you see, that's what people do.
Alan WattsNo one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.
Alan Watts