The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement, but in depth.

Mythology is often defined as 'other peoples' religions', religion can be thought of as misinterpreted mythology.

...suddenly you hit on something that the student really responds to, you can see the eyes open and the complexion change. The life possibility has opened there. All you can say to yourself is, "I hope this child hangs on to that."

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

The process of nature cannot be evil.

It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.

The hero’s journey always begins with the call. One way or another, a guide must come to say, 'Look, you’re in Sleepy Land. Wake. Come on a trip. There is a whole aspect of your consciousness, your being, that’s not been touched. So you’re at home here? Well, there’s not enough of you there.' And so it starts.