"For me, being literate and articulate is..." - Quote by Alan Watts

“More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems by conscious thinking rather than unconscious 'know-how'. This is much less to our advantage than we like to suppose.”

“And so when the essential idea of love is lost there comes talk of fidelity. Actually, the only possible basis for two beings, male and female, to relate to each other is to grant each other total freedom.”

“But we must not suffer over the suffering.”

“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.”

“Education is not about filling a pail, it's about lighting a fire.”

“There is no learning without remembering.”

“Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.”

“It is not the prisoners who need reformation, it is the prisons.”

“Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.”