Alan watts Quotes

"We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree."

"Everybody is fundamentally the ultimate reality. Not God in a politically kingly sense, but God in the sense of being the self, the deep down basic whatever there is. And you're all that... only you're pretending you're not."

"To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet"

"The past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is"