c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…you feel that you ought to do what the law says you should do. You can't bribe him. He's a seagreen incorruptible. And Luther said that the law which requires that inward compliance is the most terrible thing. He based a great deal of his philosophy on…
…when we sing hymns like rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee these aren't hymns of faith. Or even the Luther made such a thing about faith. But he wrote a hymn in German, Ein fester. Burg ist Unser Gott a mighty fortress is our…
…to be on the side of the big battalions. I think it's going to pay better to be unselfish than to be selfish. Well, Luther saw that, Augustine saw that. But there it is, because what he's done you see he's beginning to make you see the unreality the…
…to be oppressed. This is, of course, basically the same oppression that afflicted those Great Christians like st Paul, St Augustine and martin Luther. When commanded to love god with all the heart and with all the soul and with all the mind, that is to…
…done for. So this is the art of decapitation: with sudden Swift speed. If what you're going to do is wrong, do it well. As Luther put it, peccate fortiter. If you're going to sin make it a good one. If you're going to make a mistake, make it a good…