Alan Watts
Writer and speaker (1915 to 1973) who brought Zen and Eastern philosophy to Western readers; The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951) argued that the search for security is itself the source of anxiety.
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Their wordsRunning away from fear is fear, fighting pain is pain, trying to be brave is being scared.
↗The Wisdom of Insecurity (Pantheon, 1951)archive.org All 3 from this book
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Their wordsIf happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o'-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death.
↗The Wisdom of Insecurity (Pantheon, 1951)archive.org All 3 from this book
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Their wordsThe meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance.
↗The Wisdom of Insecurity (Pantheon, 1951)archive.org All 3 from this book