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

A schism in the body social, will not be resolved by any scheme of a return to the good old days (archaism), or by programs guaranteed to render an ideal projected future (futurism), or even by the most realistic, hardheaded work to weld together again the deteriorating elements. Only birth can conquer death -- the birth, not of the old thing again, but of something new.

This is an important point about symbols: they do not refer to historical events; they refer through historical events to spiritual or psychological principles and powers that are of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and that are everywhere.

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

He who thinks he knows, doesn't know. He who knows that he doesn't know, knows.

Your adventure has to be coming out of your own interior. If you are ready for it then doors will open where there were no doors before, and where there would not be doors for anyone else. And you must have courage. It's the call to adventure, which means there is no security, no rules.

It is within you that the divine lives.