You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float. And this is exactly the situation of faith.


The Way of Liberation: Essays and Lectures on the Transformation of the Self (ed. Weatherhill, Incorporated, 1983)

Alan Watts Quotes

You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the...

You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the...

You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the...

You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the...