As Chuang-tzu says, “It may be attained but not seen,” or, in other words, felt but not conceived, intuited but not categorized, divined but not expl… - Alan Watts

For the animal to be happy it is enough that this moment be enjoyable. But man is hardly satisfied with this at all. He is much more concerned to have enjoyable memories and expectations — especially the latter. With these assured, he can put up with an extremely miserable present. Without this assurance, he can be extremely miserable in the midst of immediate physical pleasure.

If everything that exists is an action of God, he must have an alarming humility, since he is not above employing his whole being to produce an ordinary housefly.

as if one were trying to describe the color of a mirror in terms of colors reflected in the mirror