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Quotes from The Wisdom of Insecurity — Alan Watts

1915–1973 England

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The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

The more we struggle for life (as pleasure), the more we are actually killing what we love.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

It must be obvious... that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared. If the mind is in pain, the mind is pain. The thinker has no other form than his thought.

The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alan Watts (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.