Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

If you charge off with some political agenda that is not informed by clarity, you are going to end up with business as usual. The road to hell is paved with good intentions but it is not paved with clarity.

Terence McKenna

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• If you charge off with some political agenda that is not informed by clarity, you are going to end up with business as usual. The road to hell is paved with good intentions but it is not paved with clarity.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Political
  • Hell
  • Intention