Alan Watts Quotes

The soul is the truth of who we are.

Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.

Everyone is the fabric and structure of existence.

You are not a human being. You are not your body, you are not your mind, and you are not your soul. These are things that You have. The You that has these things - indeed, that has given your Self these things - is far bigger than any of them, and even all of them put together.

You yourselves are the Being you are seeking.

We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away.

The spirit is the true self.

All we are is in the soul.

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.

Just remember, everything you are is.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the most essential part of who we are and is buried deep in all of us as a source of wisdom and strength and healing which we can draw upon or, with our terrible freedom, not draw upon as we choose. I think that among other things all real art comes from that deepest self - painting, writing music, dance, all of it that in some way nourishes the spirit.

We wear clothes, and speak, and create civilizations, and believe we are more than wolves. But inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are.

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature

one loves only form, and form only comes into existence when the thing is born.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already. You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.

Does one require proof of one's own being? Only remain aware of yourself and all else will be known.

Underneath your physical and psychological form, you are one with Life itself, one with Being.

The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in order to be wine: things are precious before they are contributory. It is a false piety that walks through creation looking only for lessons which can be applied somewhere else. To be sure, God remains the greatest good; but, for all that, the world is still good in itself. Indeed, since He does not need it, its whole reason for being must lie in its own natural goodness; He has no use for it, only delight.

It is not what an artist does that counts...but what he is.

Pay attention to the timeless core of your being.

For nature is not merely present , but is implanted within things, distant from none... And while the outer face of things changeth so greatly, there flourisheth the origin of being more intimately within all things than they themselves. The fount of all kinds, Mind , God , Being, One, Truth , Destiny , Reason , Order .