6 Quotes by Alan Watts about reality

  • Author Alan Watts
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    Reality in itself is neither permanent nor impermanent; it cannot be categorized. But when one tries to hold on to it, change is everywhere apparent, since, like one's own shadow, the faster one pursues it, the faster it flees.

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  • Author Alan Watts
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    You don't need to try to be God, you are! But if you try to be God it means you don't know you are.

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  • Author Alan Watts
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    I am amazed that Congressmen can pass a bill imposing severe penalties on anyone who burns the American flag , whereas they are responsible for burning that for which the flag stands: the United States as a territory, as a people , and as a biological manifestation. That is an example of our perennial confusion of symbols with realities.

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