"Ecstasy is a complex emotion containing elements of……" — Terence McKenna

"Ecstasy is a complex emotion containing elements of joy, fear, terror, triumph, surrender, and empathy. What has replaced our prehistoric understanding of this complex of ecstasy now is the word comfort, a tremendously bloodless notion. Drugs are not comfortable, and anyone who thinks they are comfortable or even escapist should not toy with drugs unless they’re willing to get their noses rubbed in their own stuff."

— Terence McKenna

Anyone Quotes Anyone Who Thinks Quotes Bloodless Quotes Comfort Quotes Comfortable Quotes Complex Quotes Complex Emotion Quotes Containing Quotes Containing Elements Quotes Drug Quotes Drugs Quotes Ecstasy Quotes Ecstasy Now Quotes Elements Quotes Emotion Quotes Empathy Quotes Escapist Quotes Escapists Quotes Fear Quotes Fear Terror Quotes Get Quotes Joy Quotes Joy Fear Quotes Noses Quotes Notion Quotes Own Quotes Own Stuff Quotes Prehistoric Quotes Re Willing Quotes Replaced Quotes Rubbed Quotes Should Quotes Stuff Quotes Surrender Quotes Terror Quotes Their Noses Quotes Their Own Quotes Their Own Stuff Quotes Thinking Quotes Thinks Quotes Toy Quotes Toys Quotes Tremendously Quotes Triumph Quotes Understanding Quotes Unless Quotes Willing Quotes Word Quotes Word Comfort Quotes

202 Quotes by Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna has 202 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 202 quotes by Terence McKenna »

More Anyone Quotes

This quote is filed under Anyone Quotes, one of 10,413 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about… — Neil Armstrong
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that… — Neil Armstrong
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize… — Andrea Arnold
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one… — Diane Ackerman
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. — Teresa of Avila
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else… — Richard Bach
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach

See all 10,413 Anyone Quotes »