The life of Zen begins, therefore, in a disillusion with the pursuit of goals which do not really … - Alan Watts

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A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.

Alan Watts

The life of Zen begins, therefore, in a disillusion with the pursuit of goals which do not really exist the good without the bad, the gratification of a self which is no more than an idea, and the morrow which never comes.

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If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them.

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. . . preliminary accounting, banking and surveying (known as arithmetic, algebra and geometry).

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To be free from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it.

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Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.

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There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said.

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As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change.

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I'd like to be the sort of person who can enjoy things at the time, instead of having to go back in my head and enjoy them.

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The existing order is breaking down at a very rapid rate, and the main uncertainty is whether mankind can exert a positive role in shaping a new world order or is doomed to await collapse in a passive posture. We believe a new orderwill be born no later than early in the next century and that the death throes of the old and the birth pangs of the new will be a testing time for the human species.

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