Alan Watts Quote - What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously.

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What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously.

"What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously."

— Alan Watts

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Author: Alan Watts
Category: Convention
Tags: Convention Fatal Forget Serious Thinking

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