207 Quotes by Timothy Leary

People use the word "natural" ... What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is 4 years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the Sunday school teachings.

Critics have told me I've ruined the lives of 50 million young people. I can't be certain of this, since only about 10 million have ever come back to thank me.

The most important thing you do in your life is to die.

Prayer is ecstatic communication with your innernavigational computer.

Critics have told me I’ve ruined the lives of 50 million young people. I can’t be certain of this, since only about 10 million have ever come back to thank me.

I have always considered myself, when I learned what the word meant, I’ve always considered myself a Pagan.

If you listen to neurologists and psychiatrists, you’d never fall in love.

Individual societies begin in harmonious adaptation to the environment and, like individuals, quickly get trapped into nonadaptive, artificial, repetitive sequences.

Thou shalt not alter thy brother’s consciousness without his consent. – The Second Commandment of Leary.