In other parts of the world where I go, people are worried about, Jeez, you know, I really wanted to buy my kids shoes this year.

You know the expression, "It's not personal; it's business." We sneer at such rot. All business is personal, all the time.

Mistletoe, the same plant you kiss under at holiday time, may be an effective aid against certain types of cancer.

On the other side of the spirit veil, I spend more than a little bit of time researching the hallucinogens. I personally believe ayahuasca is also the greatest natural healing agent, period.

Fire walking is an act of faith. I don't know why it works. I don't know why people don't die doing it. I found it very exhilarating.

A man doesn't need a study to know if he's feeling amorous. There is no such thing as a placebo erection.

Coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, contains a plethora of naturally-occurring compounds, including several classes of antioxidants.

While there are a great many agents in nature which boost libido and enhance sexual function, chocolate alone actually promotes the brain chemistry of being in love.

Every herbalist has their favorite plant. Mine is Rhodiola rosea.

As state and local laws mutate and change in favor of greater tolerance, perhaps cannabis will find it's proper place in the home medicine chest.

You need to understand plant chemistry, be inured to discomfort and awesomely flexible. When something breaks down-the plane, the boat, you just have to roll with it.

The world is Absolutely Brilliant. Difficult sometimes. Confusing often. But humorous almost always.

Children depend mightily on animals for comfort, inspiration, imagination, and art. And parents have long recognized this.

For far too long, independent voices have been relegated to places where these ideas are not seen on a mass level.

If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

The 20th century ended with a single surviving model of human progress.

Every record that I've ever made, I listen to it so much before it comes out. As soon as it comes out, I never listen to it again. It's, like, over.

In my experience, clever food is not appreciated at Christmas. It makes the little ones cry and the old ones nervous.

The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

It is much safer for the prince to be feared than loved, but he ought to avoid making himself hated.

Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God.