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

The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy-not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call "following your bliss."

You know, when real trouble comes your humanity is awakened. The fundamental human experience is that of compassion.

Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late.

The unconscious sends all sorts of vapors, odd beings, terrors, and deluding images up into the mind - whether in dream, broad daylight, or insanity: for the human kingdom, beneath the floor of the comparatively neat little dwelling that we call our consciousness, goes down into unsuspected Aladdin caves.

Every hero must have the courage to be alone, to take the journey for himself.

Myth is what we call other people's religion.