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Timothy Leary

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Details about Timothy Leary's life are scarce, but their observations have traveled far and wide. The range of their thinking — from Intelligence to Women — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 12 of Timothy Leary's most memorable quotes, ranging across Intelligence, Women, Time, Society, and Science. Readers often gravitate to this one: "Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top."

“Science is all metaphor.”

— Timothy Leary

Science

All Quotes by Timothy Leary

“Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.”

— Timothy Leary

Learning

“In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.”

— Timothy Leary

Age

“The universe is an intelligence test.”

— Timothy Leary

Intelligence

“You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.”

— Timothy Leary

Change

“My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.”

— Timothy Leary

Life

“Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.”

— Timothy Leary

Society

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”

— Timothy Leary

Men

“We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.”

— Timothy Leary

History

“Science is all metaphor.”

— Timothy Leary

Science