"We tell young people today ‘Drop out of school,’
Because school’s education today is the worst narcotic of all
‘Don’t politic. Don’t vote.’
These are old men’s games
Impotent and senile old men
That want to put you on to their old chess games of war and power
‘Drop out’
Tune in with the natural things
Take off your shoes
Get back in tune with God’s harmony
Surround yourself with beauty and sacred objects
We can’t get caught in the conforming rotes
Lockstep which we call American society."

- TIMOTHY LEARY