Achievement Quotes
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."— Alan Watts
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Meaning of this quote
Life is presented as valuable in its own occurrence, without requiring constant proof through achievement.
Key takeaway:
Leave room for being alive alongside striving to accomplish things.
Origin of the quote
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life: Collected Talks 1960–1969; p. 37 in the cited edition.
Who actually said this?
Book identified in a secondary bibliographic citation; exact wording should be checked in the named edition before calling it a verified verbatim quotation.
