Amid the vastness of the things among which we live, the existence of nothingness holds the first place; its function extends over all things that have no existence, and its essence, as regards time, lies precisely between the past and the future, and has nothing in the present.

I don't think I was fundamentally different from what I was before I went to jail, except that in jail I had a lot of time to think about problems and to see the mistakes that we had committed. I came out mature.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.

Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren't going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.