What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that s… - Alan Watts

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What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it.

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Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.

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What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it. - Alan Watts

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