The difference between having a job and having a vocation is that a job is some unpleasant work you do in order to make money, with the sole purpose of making money. There are plenty of jobs because there is still a certain amount of dirty work that nobody wants to do, and that therefore they will pay someone to do it. There is essentially less and less of that kind of work because of mechanization. If you do a job with the sole purpose of making money, you are absurd, because if money becomes the goal—and it does if you work that way—you begin increasingly to confuse it with happiness or with pleasure. Yes, one can take a handful of crisp one dollar bills and practically water your mouth over it, but this is a kind of person who is confused like a Pavlov dog, who salivates on the wrong bell. Alan W. Watts
Each timewe bow to thefeet of anythingwe find riveting, the mind rises tobe surprised withnew crowningdiamonds ofcreativity.
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Curtis Tyrone Jones
Although they probably know that some children were used and some children are used as miners, most adults are ignorant of the chocolate industry’s use of minors.
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.
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Aberjhani
It [Bach's cello suites] is like a great diamond, " said [Mischa] Maisky in a thick Russian accent, "with so many different cuts that reflect light in so many different ways.
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Eric Siblin
I know not what it is about you that makes me go crazy but I do know that the radiance in your eyes is more dazzling than that in all the diamonds of this world!
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Avijeet Das
More Quotes By Alan W. Watts
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
Now comes the mystery! (last words)
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
