The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride..."
And
we... kill those people. Ha ha "Shut him up. We have a lot invested
in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big
bank account and my family. This just has to be real.
Just a ride. But we always kill those good guys
who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run
amok. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change
it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no
savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes
of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself
off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can
do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money
that we spend on weapons and defences each year and instead spend it feeding
and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many
times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space,
together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.
Bill Hicks