“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.”
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.”