Quote of Alan Watts - The only way to make sense...
Biography - Alan Watts:
British philosopher, writer and speaker.
Born: 1915 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1915 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Note
Source: The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Translation
(French, German, Italian)
L'unico modo per dare un senso al cambiamento è immergersi in esso, muoversi con esso e unirsi alla danza.
See also...
Quotes about change:
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Quotes for: dance
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
Alan Watts also said...
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