Quotes from Alan Wilson Watts

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.

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

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The menu is not the meal.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.