Phil Cousineau Quotes
Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler.
What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.
Inspiration is a message-in-a-bo ttle from the distant shore, a window into the other world, a tap of the muse's finger, the grace of the gods. It comes when you least expect it.
In each of us dwells a pilgrim. It is the part of us that longs to have direct contact with the sacred.
The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything.
There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us to get at meaning we can't get to through the front door.
Step by step, a path; stone by stone, a cathedral,' my great-grandfather used to say.
We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home, and soon find that a change of climate is easier than a change of heart.
Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light.
The creative urge matters. Stories matter. Images matter. It matters that you were born with a genius, a guiding spirit, a daimon that may know more about your destiny than you do.
Synchronicity is an inexplicable and profoundly meaningful coincidence that stirs the soul and offers a glimpse of one's destiny.
True myths, ancient and modern, stop time because they emerge from somewhere beyond time.
What every traveler confronts sooner or later is that the way we spend each day of our travel...is the way we spend our lives.
