New book examines what inspired the hippie movement, Summer of Love From left, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir perform at the Love Pageant Rally at the Panhandle in San Francisco on Oct. 6, 1966.

Embrace the free-spirited vibe of the 1960s and 1970s with these hippie quotes that radiate peace, love, and happiness. The hippie movement was all about rejecting conformity, spreading positivity ...

“The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties,” a new book by Dennis McNally, explores the roots of counterculture that flowered in SF’s Haight-Ashbury in 1967.