José Olvera Puentes

“The “natural” man lives for one motive: to protect his body from pain and to associate it with pleasure. Because he can only feel with his own body, he has little interest in the feelings of other bodies. Therefore he will only take interest in other bodies under the stimulus of rewards and punishments, that is, by an exploitation of his self-interest in the interest of the community.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

“man and his present experience are one, and that no separate “I” or mind can be found.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

“Under the title of sarvodaya, Mahatma Gandhi designed a system by which human beings would minimize their material needs and maximize their quality of life through spiritual, cultural, artistic and human values.”
― Satish Kumar, Soil Soul Society: A New Trinity For Our Time

“the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity