Water symbolizes the whole of potentiality - the source of all possible existence.

The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because one believes in its reality, and therefore forgets or despises eternity.

Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane.

As long as you have not grasped that you have to die to grow, you are a troubled guest on the dark earth".

The way towards 'wisdom' or towards 'freedom' is the way towards your inner being. This is the simplest definition of metaphysics.

Light does not come from light, but from darkness.

The primitive magician, the medicine man or shaman is not only a sick man, he is above all, a sick man who has been cured, who has succeeded in curing himself.

The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the founding of the world: where the sacred Manifests itself in space, the real unveils itself, the world comes into existence.

If we pay no attention to it, time does not exist.

It would be frightening to think that in all the cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to itself, that only human life is happening randomly, that only one's destiny lacks meaning.

I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.

Find then follow the path that enables you to live the life you want to live. Don't be blow by the winds of fate. Don't be a creation of circumstances.

Long miles of snow and mountains spun out behind him, and his hooves scattered stardust or snow crystals. He went bounding on and on, right on the spine of the world, thrust out against the night sky

Of course, I loved the Spice Girls. I loved Geri and Baby, but who liked Posh Spice? They said I looked like her and I said, 'That’s not cool, that’s really mean.’

[NATO countries] have no respect for our country. They will do it. They'll be happy to do it.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

Whats holding you back is the thought that something is holding you back.

I'm not a terrible smoker, actually. My major addiction, which is horrible, is straight boys.

Happy people are poor psychologists.

It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.

It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that producing food, shelter, transportation, or medical care is not.