Alexander Shulgin

If I had a vision of the perfect psychedelic drug and knew its structure, I'd make it. That's why I have a…

— Alexander Shulgin

MDMA, it was beginning to be apparent, could be all things to all people.

— Alexander Shulgin

How he could be a good user of LSD," I asked, "And know about the spiritual dimension - all that sort of…

— Alexander Shulgin

How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders…

— Alexander Shulgin

I'm called the Godfather [of Ecstacy] because I published for the first time information about its effects in man. I feel content…

— Alexander Shulgin

Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change your character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they…

— Alexander Shulgin

The most compelling insight of that day was that this awesome recall had been brought about by a fraction of a gram…

— Alexander Shulgin

I think when you die, you die.

— Alexander Shulgin

The potential of the psychedelic drugs to provide access to the interior universe, is, I believe, their most valuable property.

— Alexander Shulgin

Know what [drug] you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience.

— Alexander Shulgin

... How is it [, then] that the leaders of our society have seen fit to try to eliminate this one very…

— Alexander Shulgin

I understood that our entire universe is contained in the mind and the spirit. We may choose not to find access to…

— Alexander Shulgin

It is essential that our present negative propaganda regarding psychedelic drugs be replaced with honesty and truthfulness about their effects, both good…

— Alexander Shulgin

Scheduling of drugs is a government problem, not our problem. They want to schedule something, that's their problem. My feeling of creation…

— Alexander Shulgin

Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And…

— Alexander Shulgin

The world amazed me, in that I saw it as I had when I was a child. I had forgotten the beauty…

— Alexander Shulgin

To demand that a person pee in a cup whenever you wish him to, without a documented reason to suspect that he…

— Alexander Shulgin

I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put…

— Alexander Shulgin

There is a wealth of information built into us ... tucked away in the genetic material in every one of our cells…

— Alexander Shulgin

Use them with care, and use them with respect as to the transformations they can achieve, and you have an extraordinary research…

— Alexander Shulgin

“I don't know if you realize this, but there are some researchers - doctors - who are giving this kind of drug…

— Alexander Shulgin