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Quote of Alan Watts - This is the real secret of...


Biography - Alan Watts:

British philosopher, writer and speaker.
Born: 1915 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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 that this is play.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Dies ist das wahre Geheimnis des Lebens: völlig auf das Tun im Hier und Jetzt konzentriert zu sein, und statt dies Arbeit zu nennen, zu erkennen, dass es Spiel ist.

French
Ceci est le véritable secret de la vie: être complètement engagé dans ce que vous faites dans l’ici et maintenant. Et au lieu de d’appeler cela travailler, se rendre compte que c’est un jeu.




See also 

See also...



Mature manhood: that means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.

For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

My work is a game, a very serious game.




Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: now


Quotes

Quotes about now:


Seize the day.





You can't live at all, unless you can live fully now.





Mastery of the moment is mastery over life.





No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.





Now or never.
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Finding the right words at the right moment is action.











Quotes for: work


Quotes

Quotes about work:


The best work is not what is most difficult for you it is what you do best.





It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.





Sowing is not so hard as reaping.





Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.





The fruits of labor are the sweetest of all pleasures.





Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.











Quotes for: game


Quotes

Quotes for: game


Play is experimenting with chance.





Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.





A constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drudgery, for no activity can be continued for long if it does not to some extent afford pleasure to the participant.





Let a child play and mix instruction with play.







Quotes

Alan Watts also said...


The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.





A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.





You can't live at all, unless you can live fully now.





Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.





No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.





Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.












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