I’ve Spent More Than 100 Hours Reading Alan Watts’ Books; These Are the Quotes That Have Changed My Life the Most

I Wish I had known this in my thirties.

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The path is inward but begins outward.

Life’s secret is not looking for big things to be happy but learning to be grateful for the little things so that they grow and become miracles.

Alan Watts knew this, so he left us a disturbing phrase to warn us of the greatest enemy of happiness.

1. Pride, the great thief of joy.

“Human desire tends to be insatiable. We seek pleasure so eagerly, we will never have enough.” — Alan Watts.

The pride of the ego is always dissatisfied, and that’s precisely what takes away your joy.

Pride does two things,

1. You think you are better than everyone else (which leaves you alone).
2. You despise everything, and nothing is enough (which leaves you unsatisfied 24/7).

Pride makes you reside in hell.

Because it doesn’t matter if you eat caviar and oysters, drink Dom Pérignon and Moët & Chandon while traveling in your private…