It's only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.

When you go through life ... it all seems accidental at the time it is happening. Then when you get on in your 60s or 70s and look back, your life looks like a well-planned novel with a coherent theme ... Incidents that seemed accidental, pure chance, turn out to be major elements in the structuring of this novel. Schopenhauer says, 'Who wrote this novel? You did.'

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

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

The key to the Grail is compassion, 'suffering with,' feeling another's sorrow as if it were your own. The one who finds the dynamo of compassion is the one who's found the Grail.