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Biography - Alan Watts:

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

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le sens de la vie c'est juste d'être en vie. C'est si clair, si évident et si simple.

German
Der Sinn des Lebens ist einfach nur zu leben. Es ist so klar, so offensichtlich und so einfach.




See also 

See also...



Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

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

The aim of living is Life itself.

Life is what we make of it. Travels are travellers. What we see is not what we see but what we are.

A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.




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.





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





All the diversity, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.











Quotes for: simplicity


Quotes

Quotes about simplicity:


Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





The language of truth is simple.





Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.





Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.





Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.





Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.











Quotes for: to live


Quotes

Quotes for: to live


True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.





To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.





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.





My trade and art is to live.





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





"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."











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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