There Is Never Anything but the Present Quotes

“Man is not to be an intellectual porcupine, meeting his environment with a surface of spikes.”
― Alan W. Watts, There Is Never Anything but the Present: And Other Inspiring Words of Wisdom

“To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.”
― Alan W. Watts, There Is Never Anything but the Present: And Other Inspiring Words of Wisdom

“One of the highest pleasures is to be more or less unconscious of one’s own existence, to be absorbed in interesting sights, sounds, places, and people. Conversely, one of the greatest pains is to be self-conscious, to feel unabsorbed and cut off from the community and the surrounding world.”
― Alan Watts, There Is Never Anything but the Present: And Other Inspiring Words of Wisdom