I prefer the gradual path My feeling is that mythic forms reveal themselves gradually in the course of your life if you know what they are and how to pay attention to their emergence. My own initiation into the mythic depths of the unconscious has been through the mind, through the books that surround me in this library. I have recognized in my quest all the stages of the hero's journey. I had my calls to adventure, my guides, demons, and illuminations.

People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.

It takes courage to do what you want. Other people have a lot of plans for you... Follow your bliss.

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

The concept of time shuts off eternity.

The best we can do is lean towards the light.

God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, 'Ah!