We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don’t matter. And in the act of taking that idea to ourselves we give everything away to somebody else, to something else.

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.

Beauty has its own vices.

A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast.

It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.

I would not consider my spirituality worthwhile that wants to walk in sweetness and ease and run from the imitation of Christ.

I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.

The reason people have problems is that they have too much time to think.

Sharon Needles. Did I meet you at the free clinic?