And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

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To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer. ― Ronald Reagan

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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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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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If everything seems to be under control, you’re not going fast enough. ― Mario Andretti

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If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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