Don't worry. You don't know enough to worry. . . . Who do you think you are that you should worry, for cryin' out loud. It's a total waste of time. It presupposes such a knowledge of the situation that it is, in fact, a form of hubris.

If reality is code, then it can be hacked in some way that we had not suspected before.

The traditional manner of taking psilocybin is to take a very healthy dose, in the vicinity of 15 mg. on an empty stomach in total darkness.

Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity.

I mean everybody knows there's something wrong with the world and if you read left wing politicians or deconstructionists or thoughtful historians they will offer thoughtful critiques of our situation. But the question is, you know, the Tolstoyian question; 'What is to be done?'

One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.

I believe reality is a marvelous joke staged for my edification and amusement and everybody is working very hard to make me happy.