"There is a deep, peaceful calm in..." - Quote by Alan Watts

“There was never a time when the world began, because it goes round and round like a circle, and there is no place on a circle where it begins. Look at my watch, which tells the time; it goes round, and so the world repeats itself again and again.”

“What was it like to wake up after having never gone to sleep? That was when you were born.”

“Black implies white self implies other”

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. You cannot subjugate a nation forcibly unless you wipe out every man, woman, and child. Unless you wish to use such drastic measures, you must find a way of settling your disputes without resort to arms.”

“If blood be shed, let it be our own. Let us cultivate the calm courage to die without killing.”

“I see that nature offers us a solution to everything that we call a problem. If you can just find your own nature and live it as naturally as you possibly can and be in a state of awe over everything, it doesn't matter where you are. It almost speaks to you and says, "There's no reason to be upset about anything. It will pass." If it's really going to pass, why stay confused by it and depressed by it. Just watch it go. It's on its way out. That's what I began to do.”

“The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression.”

“My hours are peaceful centuries.”

“Now close the windows and hush all the fields:If the trees must, let them silently toss.”