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Alan Watts
Alan Watts was a British-born writer and speaker who spent most of his adult life in the United States. Through books such as The Way of Zen (1957) and many recorded talks, he introduced Zen, Taoism and other Asian philosophies to a wide Western audience.
References
Works
- 'What if money was no object?' (lecture excerpt)
- The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
- The Essence of Alan Watts
Quotes (3)
“This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
Watch on YouTube (0:36–1:01) ↗Spoken as a close paraphrase“Yet just as there is no time but the present, and no one except the all-and-everything, there is never anything to be gained—though the zest of the game is to pretend that there is.”
“Do what you love and the money will follow; if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time.”