When you no longer make the distinction between the universe and how you are acting upon it, you are really on your own and so acquire a sense of res… - Alan Watts
""
When you no longer make the distinction between the universe and how you are acting upon it, you are really on your own and so acquire a sense of responsibility.
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.
Biography information from
Wikiquote·
Portrait adapted from
Wikimedia Commons, The University of Vermont Alumni Magazine vol. 39 no. 01, p. 22. (Public domain / CC0)
Also Known As
Alternative Names:
Alan Wilson Watts
•
Alan W. Watts
Portrait from Wikimedia Commons. Credit: The University of Vermont Alumni Magazine vol. 39 no. 01, p. 22.. Used under Public domain / CC0. Processed and styled by Quotewise.
Go Premium
Support Quotewise while enjoying an ad-free experience and premium features.
Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.
I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware.
Limited Time Offer
Premium members can get their quote collection automatically imported into their Quotewise collections.
