“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”
— Alan Watts
Simplified Meaning:
Our thoughts and feelings aren't completely personal because we use words and pictures from our society that we didn't create ourselves.
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