The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible. – Alan Watts
We are sick with fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas. Meditation is therefore the art of suspending verbal and symbolic thinking for a time, somewhat as a courteous audience will stop talking when a concert is about to begin. – Alan Watts
The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe. – Alan Watts
You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes. – Alan Watts
I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: try being rich first. See if that doesnt cover most of it. Theres not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job. – Bill Murray