Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination.

Our demons are our own limitations, which shut us off from the realization of the ubiquity of the spirit . . . each of these demons is conquered in a vision quest.

How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means 'filled with a god,' so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That's where your life is.

What we're learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we're getting information. There's a curious reluctance on the part of faculties to indicate the life values of their subjects.

Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science, it is killed.

All life stinks and you must embrace that with compassion.

The function of (heroic) symbols is to give you a sense of Aha! Yes, I know what it is, it's myself.