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At one point consciousness-altering devices like the microscope and telescope were criminalized for exactly the same reasons that psychedelic plants were banned in later years. They allow us to peer into bits and zones of Chaos.

— Timothy Leary

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To describe externals, you become a scientist. To describe experience, you become an artist.

If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

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Think for yourself and question authority.

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When you teach someone how to perform creatively (ie, associate dead symbols in new combinations), you expand his potential for experiencing more widely and richly.

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