Every hero must have the courage to be alone, to take the journey for himself.

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it.

The Deadheads are doing the dance of life and this I would say is the answer to the atom bomb.

The essence of oneself and the essence of the world: these two are one. [ The aim is not to see, but to realize that one is, that essence; then one is free to wander as that essence in the world.] Hence separateness, withdrawal, is no longer necessary. Wherever the hero may wander, whatever he may do, he is ever in the presence of his own essence-for he has the perfected eye to see.

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

The call to adventure signifies that destiny has summoned the hero.

There seem to be only two kinds of people: Those who think that metaphors are facts, and those who know that they are not facts. Those who know they are not facts are what we call "atheists," and those who think they are facts are "religious." Which group really gets the message?