We're not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some sideshow, or the Greek chorus to the main event. The human experience IS the main event.

A singularity is a place where the rules are broken. A miracle is a singularity.

What I think is going on is that probably language was entertainment long before it was meaning. It's a kind of tuneless singing.

The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish.

The mind is a far bigger domain than we ever imagined.

Behind us: the unknown. Before us: the secret.

People have a right to get stoned. They have a right to think and explore their own minds. This is as intimate a part of their being as their sexuality. Any culture which mitigates that is clearly afraid of a full and fair and open dialogue about what reality is and what real human values ought to be.