Quote by Alan Watts
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. – Alan Watts

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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. – Alan Watts

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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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Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. – Alan Watts

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Take your eyes off what you lost. – Daniel, @blindedpoet

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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts. – Jean Cocteau, Professional Secrets, 1922

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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. – Carl Sandburg, “Prairie,” Complete Poems, 1950

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If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is. – Author Unknown

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Words are all we have. – Samuel Beckett

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