“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”

Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.

The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.

You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.

Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.

And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.

I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.

Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’

We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.

No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.

When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)

It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.

When life pushes you down on your knees you’re in the perfect position to pray.

I hope that you will raise your face and move forward to make a new start in your life.

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn’t worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Utopia exists only in one’s childhood life.

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living.

If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it’s a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.