Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measur… - Alan Watts

what religion calls the vision of God is found in giving up any belief in the idea of God.

At times when any sort of puritanism is dominant, or any fanatical, one-sided view of man, the ignored aspect of our nature appears as an external devil, sometimes an angel or fallen spirit, and sometimes in the form of other people [.]

To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.