There is a spiritual obligation, there is a task to be done. It is not, however, something as simple as following a set of somebody else's rules

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 understand what's it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something.

If American industry continues to sow contempt for the consumer, it will reap contempt from the consumer.

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

Energy companies, such as Chevron and Shell, and oil producing countries, such as Kuwait and Venezuela, pump crude oil from their vast land holdings and sell it on the world market

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

What about your school? It's defective, it's a pack of useless lies.

To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.

It's true; I'm fascinated by elite groups.

Only tyrannies understand the power of art.