"A philosopher is a sort of intellectual..." - Quote by Alan Watts

“It is a special kind of enlightenment to have this feeling that the usual, the way things normally are, is odduncanny and highly improbable. G.K.Chesterton once said that it is one thing to be amazed at gorgon or a griffin, creatures which do not exist; but it is quite another and much higher thing to be amazed at a rhinoceros or a giraffe, creatures which do exist and look as if they don't. This feeling of universal oddity includes a basic and intense wondering about the sense of things.”

“You can't get wet from the word 'water.'”

“How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.”

“"To be is to do," says the existentialist. "One only becomes real (human) at the point of action."”

“[The decay of Logic results from an] untroubled assumption that the particular is real and the universal is not.”

“O my Bergson, you are a magician, and your book is a marvel, a real wonder in the history of philosophy . . . In finishing it I found . . . such a flavor of persistent euphony, as of a rich river that never foamed or ran thin, but steadily and firmly proceeded with its banks full to the brim.”

“Balance in large measure is knowing the things that can be changed, putting them in proper perspective, and recognizing the things that will not change."”

“Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.”

“When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.”