The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.

There's nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.

Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.'

Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.

Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination.

No tribal rite has yet been recorded which attempts to keep winter from descending; on the contrary: the rites all prepare the community to endure, together with the rest of nature, the season of the terrible cold.

I don't have faith, I have experience.