# Quote — Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

> Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared. If the mind is in pain, the mind is pain. The thinker has no other form than his thought.

- Author: [Alan W. Watts](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-w-watts.md)
- Book: [The Wisdom of Insecurity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-w-watts/the-wisdom-of-insecurity.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-w-watts/the-wisdom-of-insecurity/running-away-from

## More from this book

> It must be obvious... that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-w-watts/the-wisdom-of-insecurity/it-must-be-obvious.md)

> The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.

p. 32 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-w-watts/the-wisdom-of-insecurity/the-greater-part.md)

> The more we struggle for life (as pleasure), the more we are actually killing what we love.

p. 32 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alan-w-watts/the-wisdom-of-insecurity/the-more-we-struggle.md)