“Consider this:1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding "entheogenic" drug LSD?And here's a bonus question:2. Why does an "expanded consciousness" include the inability to operate a motor vehicle?”

“The very idea of higher states of consciousness is absurd. Comparing one state of consciousness to another and saying one is "higher" and the other is "mundane" is like eating a banana and complaining it's not a very good apple.”

“How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!”

“Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough.”

“If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise?”

“You can't function in society if you don't involve yourself in the fictions society accepts about time. But you do so with the understanding that you're playing a game.”

“You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away.”