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Quote of Alan Watts - Our deeds, our feelings, our thoughts...


Biography - Alan Watts:

British philosopher, writer and speaker.
Born: 1915 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Our deeds, our feelings, our thoughts, and our sensations just happen of themselves, as the rain falls and the water flows along the valley.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Nos actes, nos sentiments, nos pensées, nos sensations se réalisent d'eux-mêmes, tout comme la pluie tombe, tout comme l'eau s'écoule dans la vallée.

German
Unsere Taten, unsere Gefühle, unsere Gedanken und unsere Empfindungen kommen aus sich heraus, so wie der Regen fällt und wie das Wasser durch ein Tal fließt.




See also 

See also...



In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

Nothing is more relaxing than accepting what is coming.

No contingency anywhere in the universe; no indifference; no liberty. While we act, we are, at the same time, acted upon.

Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.




Quotes for: thought


Quotes

Quotes about thought:


Great thoughts come from the heart.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.





The thought of death betrays us, for it makes us forget to live.





Lucidity adds beauty to profound thoughts.











Quotes for: water


Quotes

Quotes about water:


Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.





Water is the driving force of all nature.





The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.





My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.





The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.





They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.











Quotes

Quotes for: Feeling


Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.





Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.





Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.





Love is not merely a sentiment, it is an art.





All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.





Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.











Quotes

Alan Watts also said...


The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.





A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.





You can't live at all, unless you can live fully now.





Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.





No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.





Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.












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