Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

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

The best we can do is lean towards the light.

Heinrich Zimmerhe had a little saying : The best things cant be told - because they are transcendent, inexpressible truths. The second best are misunderstood : myths, which are metaphoric attempts to point to the way toward the first. And the third best have to do with history, science, biography, and so on. The only kind of talking that can be understood is this last kind.

When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)

The adventure evoked a quality of his character that he didn't know he possessed.

The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won't!