A false sense of security is the only kind there is.

When you step further into the story you came to live, not only does the mythic territory open, but the deep self moves and the world of imagination and meaning comes towards you.

Each person is a story that the Soul of the World wants to tell to itself.

Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.

Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of time and the traumatic effects of human tragedy.

As a culture, we turn away from people just when they are in times of change. That's when most communities used to embrace people, so the individual and the culture both benefited.

When a culture simply shrugs about what happens to people in war, it breaks the fragile sequence, the bond between all people.

The desire to be part of something greater and to occupy life more fully, is also a desire to touch and be touched by the living imagination that sustains each soul and all of life.

While you had the chance to live, did you become your true self?

Genius is the basis for the deepest type of mentoring. When true learning occurs genius teaches genius and both the teacher and the student grow.

The gift within the gift involved the opening of an inner eye that changed how I looked at life.

Time is the essence of life

As the expert in knowing yourself, you get to decide what you want to explore in your internal landscape.

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

You see, I'm fond of teasing, it's a second nature with me—and I'm used to teasing myself. Plaguing myself, if you prefer; I don't tease nicely.

I don't think words reach people. Maybe nothing does

I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.

The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it

I like expansive stuff that has a lot of space in it, like some of the early Pink Floyd albums.

Love hath made thee a tame snake