The passage of the mythological hero may be over ground, incidentally; fundamentally it is inward--into depths where obscure resistances are overcome, and long lost, forgotten powers are revivified, to be made available for the transfiguration of the world.

Without passion, men are not willing to pay any price or bear any burden to set the captives free.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

When you look at that nature world it becomes an icon, it becomes a holy picture that speaks of the origins of the world. Almost every mythology sees the origins of life coming out of water. And, curiously, that's true. It's amusing that the origin of life out of water is in myths and then again, finally, in science, we find the same thing. It's exactly so.

The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward.

A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion.

The less there is of you, the more you experience the sublime.