The context has to come from the human first, rather than bits and pieces of fragments of old religion and all of the old moral superstructure, whatever it used to be.
JERRY GARCIAThere’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don’t know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.
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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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The pursuit of happiness is an overview kind of thing. It’s not in the Bill of Rights.
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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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And for me there’s still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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Some things may work, but they definitely won’t work every time. Some things may work at various times.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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If you’re able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.
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For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
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The thing of being able to share somebody’s reality, which has so far been a matter of what communication is about, you know.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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