"You are that vast thing that you..." - Quote by Alan Watts
You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
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“Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost.”
“By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us.”
“Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.”
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“Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.”
“I am not a human being, I am dynamite.”
“In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths. The required diligence and doggedness and lucidity thus resemble the conqueror's attitude. To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate. For all these characters, their work defines them at least as much as it is defined by them. The actor taught us this: There is no frontier between being and appearing.”