"Just as true humor is laughter at..." - Quote by Alan Watts

“There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied. You cannot talk yourself into it or rouse it by straining at the emotions or by dedicating yourself solemnly to the service of mankind. Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself. This conviction will not come through condemnations, through hating oneself, through calling self love bad names in the universe. It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.”

“I want ... to consort with people whose emotions are not ... cold and standoffish.”

“Do not let the rapidity with which these thoughts can change deceive you into feeling that you think them all at once.”

“Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they even write it. And if I'm good, I know I'm good. I know best about myself, so a critic doesn't anger me.”

“One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others.”

“Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.”

“Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?”

“I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.”

“Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.”