The obligation on us is to communicate the truth so that it is understood. The belief will take care of itself.

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.

Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.

Most of the time it may seem like I'm staring into nothingness, but there's a whole world playing out in my head.

China's stock market is inextricably tied to politics.

Directing is probably the best job, but acting is really, really great. It's like a fun vacation that you get paid for.

A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder.

It's very useful to have a good grasp of all the big ideas in hard and soft science. A, it gives perspective. B, it gives a way for you to organize and file away experience in your head, so to speak.

There's no honour fighting in the street, there is nothing to gain.

There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high

The differences between the received wisdom, the standard version of events, and the facts on the ground may be subtle or they may be stark, even profound.