Martin R. Davis

“It is in vain that doctors prolong life if we spend the extra time being anxious to live still longer. It is in vain that engineers devise faster and easier means of travel if the new sights that we see are merely sorted and understood in terms of old prejudices. It is in vain that we get the power of the atom if we are just to continue in the rut of blowing people up.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

“The common error of ordinary religious practice is to mistake the symbol for the reality, to look at the finger pointing the way and then to suck it for comfort rather than follow it.”
― Alan Watts

“only doubtful truths need defense.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity