Alan Wilson Watts: A great mind, a prolific author, and a brilliant philosopher, loved for his whimsical intelligence, and distinguished by his absorbing wisdom. │Here are some of the most captivating Alan Watts' Quotes with my commentary. 1) "Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." A life fully experienced is better than life left ignored, we wish we'd had a longer life-span, even though we might not have known what to do with it. We only feel that we're truly living, when we're whole-heartedly involved in it, and making the most of it. Whereas spending it passively without a sense of curiosity nor an urge for exploration, we are wasting the ideal beauty of life. Therefore, a shorter, but fully experienced life, outweighs a longer, but miserable life. 2) "Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command." No surprise that love has been given ma...