What Is Tao? Quotes

“Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat's entrails with horsehair.”
― Alan Wilson Watts, What Is Tao?

“Those who speak, do not know; those who know, do not speak.”
― Alan W. Watts, What Is Tao?

“And so, the secret in Taoism is to get out of one’s own way, and to learn that this pushing ourselves, instead of making us more efficient, actually interferes with everything we set about to do.”
― Alan W. Watts, What Is Tao?

“we carry thisx effort beyond a certain point, however, our manipulations interfere with the very course of nature, and this gets us into serious trouble indeed.”
― Alan W. Watts, What Is Tao?