Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.

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.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Earthly possessions are transient and ephemeral. Giving away love creates ripples that last for some time.

Mentors change lives, but students change mentors’ lives more.

Do not let the hero in your soul perish.

When I was 11 I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.

And on that day when my strength is failing; the end draws near and my time has come. Still my soul will sing Your praise unending ten thousand years and then forevermore

You can't learn pathos or profundity.

L. A. is crazy. The women all look the same now. That thing with the cheeks. Like Madonna. Who do they think they're fooling? It doesn't make them look young. You end up looking like a freak.