[M]yths are not invented as stories are. Myths are inspired-they really are. They come from the same realm that dream comes from.

Regrets are illuminations come too late.

How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick.

Myth is what we call other people's religion.

A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the depth wisdom of the psyche, by participating in a ritual, participating in the myth, you are being, as it were, put in accord with that wisdom, which is the wisdom that is inherent within you anyhow. Your consciousness is being re-minded of the wisdom of your own life.

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

As a white candle / In a holy place, / So is the beauty / Of an aged face