The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination. Alan Watts accumulateenjoygreat share on social
And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and inside, they cannot exist except in a certain kind of natural environment. Alan Watts bodybounddifferentiate Change image and share on social
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 existfutureillusion Change image and share on social
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 capacityfearflourish Change image and share on social
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 difficultyfashiongod Change image and share on social
Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver. Alan Watts buddhismcosmicidea Change image and share on social
The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile. Alan Watts effortegofeel Change image and share on social
No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. Alan Watts capacityfuturelive Change image and share on social
Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it. Alan Watts knowomnipotence Change image and share on social
