We are like coral animals in a vast reef of excreted technological material that is wired for solid state data transfer.

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.

I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.

Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.

Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.

I don't think you should exploit your own pain.

I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.

In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and will not run out of funds until 2042.

money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!

As simplistic as this may sound, commitment is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

Awkwardness aside, it's nice to be liked.