Alan Watts

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The menu is not the meal.

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Join the dance.

This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

I can visualize the time when almost every family will have a small plane in their back yard.

If you believe you deserve better, you will create better for yourself.

No, I’m not anguished and tormented.

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

One day I will kiss you, kiss you with lips that understand, kiss you with lips that can better explain, that can speak in so many languages. They will know how to say I love you in ways you have never heard, in ways that sound unlike anything any other man has mouthed before, false promises and fairy tales they did not ever believe in. One day I will kiss you, pressed words between your lips. I will kiss you and they will rattle between your teeth, run down your throat, and fill your lungs. They will echo against your ribs, they will reverberate through your limbs, they will dress every corner you’ve kept sadness hidden away until all that grows inside of you is the understanding that you are enough. One day I will tell you all about my paper napkin theories, algorithms I formed that demonstrate how the sum of all that you are, is greater than infinity, but to me you have always been the one.

You don’t need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That’s wonderful, and I’m happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate.