The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag.

In choosing your god, you choose your way of looking at the universe. There are plenty of Gods. Choose yours.

The rise and fall of civilizations in the long, broad course of history can be seen to have been largely a function of the integrity and cogency of their supporting canons of myth; for not authority but aspiration is the motivator, builder, and transformer of civilization.

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life

There is no way you can use the word “reality” without quotation marks around it.

The hero, whether god or goddess, man or woman, the figure in a myth or the dreamer of a dream discovers and assimilates his opposite (his own unsuspected self) either by swallowing it or by being swallowed.

If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.