Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular misunderstanding of mythology. (8)

For those in whom a local mythology still works, there is an experience both of accord with the social order, and of harmony with the universe. For those, however, in whom the authorized signs no longer work-or, if working, produce deviant effects-there follows inevitably a sense both of dissociation from the local social nexus and of quest, within and without, for life, which the brain will take to be for 'meaning'.

Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and door will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

Passion will move men beyond themselves, beyond their shortcomings, beyond their failures.

Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another.

Successful marriage is leading innovative lives together, being open, non-programmed. It’s a free fall: how you handle each new thing as it comes along. As a drop of oil on the sea, you must float, using intellect and compassion to ride the waves.

All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.