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Alan Watts Quotes

Alan Watts quotes about faith

English Philosopher January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973

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Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown. Alan Watts
In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Alan Watts
Alan Watts quote: "But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to..."
But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. Alan Watts
Alan Watts quote: "And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to..."
And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. Alan Watts
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Alan Watts
Alan Watts quote: "Faith is a state of openness or trust."
Faith is a state of openness or trust. Alan Watts
Alan Watts quote: "If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith,..."
If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go. Alan Watts
Belief…is the insistence that the truth is what one would ‘lief’ or (will or) wish to be…Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith let’s go…faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deceptio Alan Watts

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