J. C. Watts Quotes

Western religions are more concerned with behavior, doctrine, and belief than with any transformation of the way in which we are aware of ourselves and our world.

Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost.

The Art of Being: A state of wholeness in which the mind functions freely and easily, without the sensation of a second mind or ego standing over it with a club.

Where do I begin and end in space? I have relations to the sun and air which are just as vital parts of my existence as my heart.

In the absence of truth there is confusion, the essence of truth.

If we could just trust the moment that we're in and live it in the way that you best can embrace it, it would be much better for all of us.

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.

We know that from time to time there arise among human beings people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat.

They are enlightened who join in this play knowing it as play, for people suffer only because they take as serious what the gods made for fun.

I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.

It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!

Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.

You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have.

There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.

Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world.

Now shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue.

I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say go and see him, at least the once.

This-the immediate, everyday, and present experience-is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of a universe.

You can't make love without art.

The Greek word for sinning means to ‘miss the point;’ The point is eternal life which is here and now.

What was it like to wake up after having never gone to sleep? That was when you were born.

A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool.

If you are ready to wake up, you are going to wake up. If you're not you are going to stay pretending that you are just a poor little me.

The truth is revealed by removing things that stand in its light, an art not unlike sculpture, in which the artist creates, not by building, but by hacking away.

The sound of the rain needs no translation.

Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap.

Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be let go.

Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?

There's no repentance in the grave.

I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.

If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.

To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening.

Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

A paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention.

Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

The real you is not a puppet that life pushes around, the real deep down you is the whole universe.

It's so important to consider this question: What do I desire?

If 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.

LSD is simply an exploratory instrument like a microscope or telescope, except this one is inside of you instead of outside of you.

If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.

To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

Like love, the light or guidance of truth that influences us exists only in living form, not in principles or rules or expectations or advice, however widely circulated

The question is not what I should do in the future to get it, but rather, what am I presently doing that prevents me from realizing it right now?

Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.