Quoting Timothy Leary:
Throughout human history, as our species has face the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities – the political, the religious, the educational – authorities who attempted to comfort us, by giving us order, rules, regulations; in forming, forming in our minds their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority, and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable open-mindedness – chaotic, confused vulnerability – to inform yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority…
