“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.”
More from Alan Watts
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“You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.”
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“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
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“And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.”
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“No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”
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“Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.”