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“Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“To put it in another way, at each moment we are what we experience, and there is no real possibility of being other than what we are. Wisdom therefore consists in accepting what we are, rather than in struggling fruitlessly to be something else, as if it were possible to run away from one’s own feet.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Meaning of Happiness: The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East

“Life is not a matter of life or death; it is a matter of life and death, and ultimately there is nothing to be dreaded. There is nothing outside the universe, against which it can crash.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity

“Musicians, actors, athletes, philosophers, scientists, writers understand that brilliant creations are often born of small errors.”
― Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance