“Gardening is not something to get on your high horse about or be overwhelmed by. Either you enjoy it or you don't.”

“If you don't do anything, you simply end up overwhelmed by something happening.”

“Are you overwhelmed pulling weeds, when you really just need to replant the garden?”

“You don't get something for nothing
You can't have freedom for free.
You won't get wise
With the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dream might be.
-- Something for Nothing (1976)”

“The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.

If you care about something enough, it's going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear. Get mad.”

“It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.”

“I don't consider psychedelics hard drugs, [but] I also don't recommend that people take [them]. I think it's something that you either did in the sixties, or you just forget about it.”

“People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.”

“If you didn't get angry and mad and frustrated, that means you don't care about the end result, and are doing something wrong.”

“I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.”