It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward, in counteraction to those that tend to tie it back.

It is only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.

The hero, the waker of his own soul, is himself but the convenient means of his own dissolution.

Humor is the touchstone of the truly mythological as distinct from the more literal-minded and sentimental theological mood.

Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history or science, it is killed.

For the bliss of the deep abode is not lightly abandoned in favor of the self-scattering of the wakened state,

Only birth can conquer death—the birth, not of the old thing again, but of something new .

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all the nuances of friendship and finding things out about their lives without it being too much plot-driven.

I fell in love with music by listening to R&B, & it's the core of who I am.

Critics of Fox News have pointed out that Fox News does partisan propaganda, and there's ample evidence on a daily basis.

A veritable incubator of short cuts, schemes and devices to overcome the truth.

Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment.

I could go anywhere, but I always like to have a bit of a feminine touch to everything I do.

When I see our country's stagnation and economic woes, I cannot help but think that we need a creative revolution that is embraced by business and endorsed by government and educators alike.

Love is talkative passion.

Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God's forgiveness even more.