Quotes
Memorable moments captured from transcripts and documents
Memorable moments captured from transcripts and documents
Memorable moments captured from transcripts and documents
“Part of what psychedelics do is they decondition you from cultural values. This is what makes it such a political hot potato.”
“You simply have to turn your back on a culture that has gone sterile and dead.”
“We should look within. The paths of the heart lead to nearby universes full of life and affection for humanity.”
“This is the real secret of life: to be completely engaged with what you're doing in the here and now.”
“You are the whole works that there is that always was and always has been and always will.”
“You don't aim at a particular spot in the room that's where you should arrive the whole point of the dancing is the dance.”
“I call it the felt presence of direct experience.”
“Five dried grams in silent darkness.”
“The psychedelic experience is the birthright of every human being on the planet.”
“Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity.”
“Personal empowerment means deconditioning yourself from the values and the programs of the society.”
“Culture is for other people's convenience and the convenience of various institutions, churches, companies, tax collection schemes, what have you.”
“What you do is what the whole universe is doing at the place you call here and now. You are something the whole universe is doing.”
“You are the big bang, the original force of the universe coming on as whoever you are.”
“The sound of the rain needs no translation, no explanation.”
“The old old basic double bind. You must be spontaneous.”
“You cannot lift yourself up by your own bootstraps however hard you try.”
“We always find the interchange of two personality types which I call prickles and goo.”
“In music, though, one doesn't make the end of a composition the point of the composition. If that were so the best conductors would be those who played fastest.”
“I think all hallucinogens are catalysts for cognitive activity.”
