I believe in extraterrestrials, but I believe that real extraterrestrials are so peculiar that the job is to recognize them.

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.

The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.

She should have died on that day. Perhaps, in a way, she had.

Romance is the literature of hope.

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand.

Imagine if your business burned down and you had to walk across the street and start again, what would you do differently?

I believe that free money is as addictive as cocaine

Cities are about juxtaposition.

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

Kids can't look up to girls who are trying to be growner than they are.

I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are they just sent away when they can't jump off moving trains anymore?