Terence McKenna

The world is a puzzle, and we are all trying to put the pieces together.

The psychedelic experience is a way to transcend the limitations of the ego.

Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles.

You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas.

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

We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own roadshow.

The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a wounded man; he is a wounded man who has healed himself.

The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere.

The old approach to psychedelics was: 'Turn on, tune in, drop out.' The new approach is: 'Turn on, tune in, and participate.'

The universe is an intelligence test.