A true calling is aimed at the genius qualities already set within each person.

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.

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

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.

His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.

...you can ruin your credit in one seemingly responsible afternoon, but rebuilding it takes years.

Three things are good in little measure and evil in large: yeast salt and hesitation.

I often write about reconciling. Reconciling, or maybe half-reconciling between antagonists, between people who are deadly enemies.

You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.

A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.

I have learned... adversity can be one of the greatest gifts of all.

Whenever I read a book about a marriage, I always feel I'm being lied to.