Timothy Leary Quotes

If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.

I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely.

I don't do acid anymore, so I travel instead.

The power of a positive self-image plays a vital role in experiencing perfect health.

I can say with confidence I know a fair bit about LSD.

You know, if a drug has anything going for it at all, it should be self-limiting. It should tell you when you've had enough. Acid and peyote were that way for me.

If you want to feel safe, healthy, and hopeful, try to act as if you did feel that way. "Fake it 'till you feel it." maybe start with health -- try to walk energetically, speak energetically, do physical things.

Have a healthy mental attitude; that's the most important thing and the best thing you can do for yourself.

Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.

Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.

Your private relationship with yourself is a spring that will feed every other factor.

Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful

Aptitude starts with attitude.

I care how I feel and it is my desire to feel good.

Hallucinogens are a value changer...like it or not, it changes your values, it opens up windows (doors of perception.)

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

I tried to find a rhythm, and I stopped comparing myself to anybody else. One of the great phrases for me is "Compare and despair." If I compare myself to Kate Middleton or Dame Judi Dench, I'm going to come out at the bottom and be sad.

There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.

One means very effectual for the preservation of health is a quiet and cheerful mind, not afflicted with violent passions or distracted with immoderate cares.

I can tell you that I am not self-destructive. I'm not a person who wants to die. I'm a person who has life, who wants to live. And I always have. And I wouldn't mistake it for anything else other than that.

"Believe in yourself" - that makes sense. You should believe in yourself - you should believe that you're capable of great things - but you would hope that somebody would have some sort of self-awareness.

'Drugs' and psychedelics are not two members of a family, they are antithetically opposed to each other. The pro-psychedelic position is an anti-drug position.

It’s hard to stay away from religion when you mess with acid.

Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.