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“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you鈥檙e dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.”
― Alan Watts

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“We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be - the mythologized epitome of savage ruthless killer - which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourselves.”
― Jim and Jamie Dutcher

tags: animals-and-humans, sawtooth-pack, wolves

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“a man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.”
― Alan W. Watts, Become What You Are

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“The wolf was the one animal that, again, did two things at once year after year: remained distinct and exemplary as an individual, yet served the tribe. There are no stories among Indians of lone wolves.”
― Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men

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“I have always been fascinated by the law of reversed effort. Sometimes I call it the 鈥渂ackwards law.鈥� When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float. When you hold your breath, you lose it鈥攚hich immediately calls to mind an ancient and much neglected saying, 鈥淲hosoever would save his soul shall lose it.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

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