Quote by Alan Watts
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There a

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but its only money… they dont know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination. – Alan Watts

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In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way. – Alan Watts

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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 20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one were in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. – Norman Rockwell

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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. – Niels Bohr

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Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. – John Adams

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