Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Terence McKenna Quotes: Earth is a place where language has literally become alive. Language has infested matter; it is replicating and defining and building itself. And it is in us.
         

Earth is a place where language has literally become alive. Language has infested matter; it is replicating and defining and building itself. And it is in us.


Terence McKenna
Check all other quotes by Terence McKenna

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Terence McKenna Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Earth-is-a-place-where-language-has-1097671>.





Check out


Other quotes of Terence McKenna


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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.





Other quotes you may like


You don't become satisfied because you have a golden spoon in your palm

You don't become satisfied because you have a golden spoon in your palm



Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.

Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.



There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.



That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's first fine art, our original act of inspired creation.

That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's first fine art, our original act of inspired creation.



Anthony Davis is cool.

Anthony Davis is cool.



The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate.

The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate.



It's 'Heaven Begun', for the grateful on earth.

It's 'Heaven Begun', for the grateful on earth.



Rock music had become my religion. Radio my church. And these DJs my priests, rabbis and gurus.

Rock music had become my religion. Radio my church. And these DJs my priests, rabbis and gurus.



Is it not a thing divine to have a smile which, none know how, has the power to lighten the weight of that enormous chain which all the living in common drag behind them?

Is it not a thing divine to have a smile which, none know how, has the power to lighten the weight of that enormous chain which all the living in common drag behind them?



It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which titanic wars had groined.

It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which titanic wars had groined.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Earth is a place where language has literally become alive. Language has infested matter; it is replicating and defining and building itself. And it is in us.". Author of this quote is Terence McKenna. This quote is about earth, matter, building, alive, language, defining,.