There is no mission, nor interest to convert, and yet I believe that if this state of consciousness could become more universal, the pretentious nonsense which passes for the serious business of the world would dissolve in laughter. We should see at once that the high ideals for which we are killing and regimenting each other are empty and abstract substiutes for the unheeded miracles that surround us - not only in the obvious wonders of nature but also in the overwhelming uncanny fact of mere existence.
Alan WattsParts exist only for purposes of figuring and describing, and as we figure the world out we become confused if we do not remember this all the time.
Alan WattsThere is no way of making a hedge grow like pruning it. There is no way of making sex interesting like repressing it.
Alan Watts