Typically, the hero of the fairy tale achieves a domestic, microcosmic triumph, and the hero of myth a world-historica l, macrocosmic triumph. Whereas the former-the youngest or despised child who becomes the master of extraordinary powers-prevails over his personal oppressors, the latter brings back from his adventure the means for the regeneration of his society as a whole.

The idea of Buddha consciousness is that all beings are Buddha beings, and your whole function in meditation and everything else is to find that Buddha consciousness within and live out of that, instead of the interests of the eyes and ears.

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

You've got to find the force inside you.

You have to have a feeling for where you are. You've got only one life to live and you don't have to live it for six people. Pay attention to it.

If you follow someone else's way, you are not going to realize your potential.

The less there is of you, the more you experience the sublime.