Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Terence McKenna Quotes: To date, the enterprise of thinking has moved us radically away from understanding anything.
         

To date, the enterprise of thinking has moved us radically away from understanding anything.


Terence McKenna
Check all other quotes by Terence McKenna

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Terence McKenna Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 27 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/To-date-the-enterprise-of-thinking-has-1097633>.





Check out


Other quotes of Terence McKenna


What we call reality is in fact nothing more than a culturally sanctioned and linguistically reinforced hallucination.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.





Other quotes you may like


Weight doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t. I mean, it does if you’re a model or whatever.

Weight doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t. I mean, it does if you’re a model or whatever.



If things are really overwhelming and you need to talk, you can give me a call at 347-273-2044.

If things are really overwhelming and you need to talk, you can give me a call at 347-273-2044.




Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht...

Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht...



I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.

I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.



Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity, of things one is not in quest of. Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen.

Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity, of things one is not in quest of. Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen.



Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.

Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.



If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.



The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war.

The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war.



I don't want people to know me. I want them to believe my version.

I don't want people to know me. I want them to believe my version.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "To date, the enterprise of thinking has moved us radically away from understanding anything.". Author of this quote is Terence McKenna. This quote is about enterprise, understanding, moved, thinking,.