There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter drew his sword and cut off the servant's ear, and Jesus said, "Put back thy sword, Peter." But Peter has had his sword out and at work ever since.

Do what gives you bliss.

Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.

So that's what destiny is: simply the fulfillment of the potentialites of the energies in your own system.

Thinking in mythological terms helps to put you in accord with the inevitables of this vale of tears. You learn to recognize the positive values in what appear to be the negative moments and aspects of your life. The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.

Heroism is a matter of integrity--beco ming more and more at each step ourselves.

Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object.