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

The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive

The experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; here is the place to have the experience.

Typically, the hero of the fairy tale achieves a domestic, microcosmic triumph, and the hero of myth a world-historica l, macrocosmic triumph. Whereas the former-the youngest or despised child who becomes the master of extraordinary powers-prevails over his personal oppressors, the latter brings back from his adventure the means for the regeneration of his society as a whole.

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

The priests used to say that faith can move mountains, and nobody believed them. Today the scientists say that they can level mountains, and nobody doubts them.

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