Terence McKenna Quotes

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

Use fear as an engine, not as a brake.

Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.

Life hits you hard. But it takes you three seconds to decide if you are a superhero or not. I am.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.

Be strong, and of good courage.

You cannot change everything you face and you cannot also change anything without facing it.

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom.

You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. There's no way around it. No matter how things are stacked against you, you just have to every time.

A handicap is only if you let it be a handicap.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

We can climb mountains with self-love.

It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.

I feel like I am the strongest man in the world.

I wanted to tell people that hope is really powerful.