The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or to discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning.

Mythology is often defined as 'other peoples' religions', religion can be thought of as misinterpreted mythology.

When an idea is important to a person or culture it will find its way into imagery.

How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means 'filled with a god,' so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That's where your life is.

You know the rule: If you are falling, dive. Do the thing that has to be done.

It's a shame to waste [the uniqueness that is you], by doing what someone else has done.

If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.