The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure.

I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child.

Man should not be in the service of society, society should be in the service of man. When man is in the service of society, you have a monster state, and that's what is threatening the world at this minute.

I don’t think there is any such thing as an ordinary mortal. Everybody has his own possibility of rapture in the experience of life. All he has to do is recognize it and then cultivate it and get going with it. I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I’ve never met an ordinary man, woman, or child.

There's nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.

Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel.

You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.