"If we live, we live; if we..." - Quote by Alan Watts
If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.
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“The question is not what I should do in the future to get it, but rather, what am I presently doing that prevents me from realizing it right now?”
“Duality is always secretly unity.”
“You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so on. The system will gobble itself up.”
More on Acceptance
“I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it.”
“If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.”
“Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you.”
More on Life
“The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.”
“When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.”
“You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up. Don't feel sorry for me. Much is expected of those who are strong.”