Quote by Alan Watts
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you dont grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. – Alan Watts

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No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. – Alan Watts

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Future
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No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. – Alan Watts

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Fear
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How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. – Alan Watts

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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs. – Patricia Ireland

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In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist. – Juan Goytisolo

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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. – Irving Babbitt

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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. – Simone Weil

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Lack of money is the root of all evil. – George Bernard Shaw

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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals cant read any poetry. – Randall Jarrell

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If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals. – Robert Conklin

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strength

No one else in our family was a professional musician so this took an enormous leap of faith on their part. – Tony Visconti

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