Albert Hofmann

"I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD … It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be."

"Deliberate provocation of mystical experience, particularly by LSD and related hallucinogens, in contrast to spontaneous visionary experiences, entails dangers that must not be underestimated. Practit…"

"What constitutes the essential, characteristic difference between everyday reality and the world picture experienced in LSD inebriation? Ego and the outer world are separated in the normal condition o…"

"I was seized by the dreadful fear of going insane. I was taken to another world, another place, another time. My body seemed to be without sensation, lifeless, strange. Was I dying? Was this the trans…"

"Outside is pure energy and colorless substance. All of the rest happens through the mechanism of our senses. Our eyes see just a small fraction of the light in the world. It is a trick to make a color…"

"I know LSD; I don't need to take it anymore. Maybe when I die, like Aldous Huxley."

"When you study natural science and the miracles of creation, if you don't turn into a mystic you are not a natural scientist."

"I believe that shortly after LSD was discovered, it was recognized as being of great value to psychoanalysis and psychiatry. It was not considered to be an escape. It was a very important discovery at…"