And what is the primary datum? It's the felt presence of immediate experience. In other words, being here now is the primary datum.

What we call reality is in fact nothing more than a culturally sanctioned and linguistically reinforced hallucination.

You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.

The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.

If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.

As the bonfires of knowledge grow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes.

The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation

The problem is not to find the answer, it's to face the answer

I don't believe consciousness is generated in the brain any more than television programs are made inside my TV. The box is too small.

Nature is not mute, it is a man who is deaf.

Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience upon which primordial shamanism is based is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.

He was massive, a veritable Arnold Schwarzenegger of a cat, with a wide, handsome face and a proud, lionish expression.

The mark of a mature man is the ability to give love and receive it joyously and without guilt.

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.

I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.

I didn't play with other children.

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

I should choose to be happy. You can choose; you can just throw a switch since, your whole life, it?s just in your brain anyway. It?s just your perception of it.

Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first.

I really don't do anything to break myself. As far as the damages to my body, I'm not a drinker. I let the gin and juice alone.