Transformation of language through psychedelic drugs is a central factor of the evolution of the social matrix of the rest of the century.

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.

Divine presence gives meaning to what seems to have no meaning

as the determinants of high status keep shifting, so, too, naturally, will the triggers of status anxiety be altered.

[Al-Qaeda's supporters] are aware of the cracks in the Western financial system as they are aware of the lines in their own hands

The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity.

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.

Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, its important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.

Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?

But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.