Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the veil of the known into the unknown; the powers that watch at the boundary are dangerous; to deal with them is risky; yet for anyone with competence and courage the danger fades.

The function of (heroic) symbols is to give you a sense of Aha! Yes, I know what it is, it's myself.

What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss.

All men are capable of reason. That is the fundamental principle of democracy Because everybody's mind is capable of true knowledge, you don't have to have a special authority, or a special revelation telling you that this is the way things should be.

The demon that you can swallow gives you it’s power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.

The warrior’s approach is to say ‘yes’ to life: ‘yes’ to it all.