Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods ma... - Alan W. Watts
"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."
"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
"A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter."
"The menu is not the meal."
"Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so."
"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."