Chemicals Quote by Timothy Leary

Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these experiences don't…

— Frederick Lenz

Drugs allows us to taste the beyond but do not make us masters of the transcendental.

— Satyananda Saraswati

I get frustrated with people who say that a drug experience can have no spiritual validity. I'm here to tell you that all experience…

— Dennis McKenna

“We all want expanded consciousness and bliss. It's a natural, human desire. And a lot of people look for it in drugs. But the…

— David Lynch

At least for me personally, drugs aren't an essential part of having a surreal experience, or what you might call a higher experience.

— Panda Bear

Drugs don't have spiritual potential, human beings have spiritual potential. And it may be that we need techniques to move us in that direction,…

— Andrew Weil

Can you use the rational mind to transcend itself?

— Ram Dass

The psychedelic viewpoint is becoming more and more legitimate, but psychedelic drugs are not. That's the odd paradox of it.

— Terence McKenna

Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation depends on the spirit in which one takes them.

— George Andrews

The characteristic property of hallucinogens, to suspend the boundaries between the experiencing self and the outer world in an ecstatic, emotional experience, makes it…

— Albert Hofmann

I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“In addition to localized neural networks, hallucinogenic drugs have been documented to trigger such preternatural experiences, such as the sense of floating and flying…

— Michael Shermer