“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.”

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Books by Alan Watts

The Wisdom of Insecurity

1951

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The Tao of philosophy

1995

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Nature, Man,& Woman

1970

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Does It Matter?

1971

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Still the Mind

2001

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