I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Quote by Ken Kesey

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Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and...

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and...

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out....

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out....

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again,...

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again,...

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.