I explored alternate states of consciousness at one period of my life through psychedelics, as was the fashion with all my friends.

We are taught not to perceive but to avoid direct perceptions of reality and to substitute instead this kind of one-dimensional view of life.

If you are smart, you never retire. You may retire from that job you have had for many years, but you will pick up another career for yourself of some type.

The mind of the child is not formed. We are shown that this is life, this is the world.

We seek to unify ourselves with the endless light of truth, of God, of nirvana. We recognize the infinite playing through all beings and all forms, but we only have to concern ourselves with ourselves.

Unlike the transient days of our lives that constantly come and go, nirvana has always been, is now, and always will be.

I've never seen a society that thinks about sex so much and gets so little!