In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.

And if there was no Fall, what then of the need for Redemption? What god was offended and by whom? Some especially touchy cave bear whose skull had been improperly enshrined?

We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes.

If you want to know what a given society believes in, look at what its largest buildings are devoted to.

What will they think of me? Must be put aside for bliss

The dreamer and his dream are the same...the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.