The gods come to us in the forms we recognize.

Beauty appears when something is completely and absolutely and openly itself.

To follow Story is to understand the path of healing. Each of our stories is a universe. Each one of us is living a story. To discover its shape and essence is essential to soul making.

Creating art and creating ourselves are the same act; art, world, ourselves - these are continuous with one another.

When Stories nestle in the body, soul comes forth.

Some people fear seeing or feeling anything about which there is no general agreement. For others, it is thrilling to be aware of innuendo, shading, complexity.

This is our grace: To be a note In the exact chord that animates creation.

For those who are intrigued by the multiplicity of reality and the unique possibilities of their own vision, the creative is the path they must pursue.

For those who do not wish to step away from consensus, the creative is useless at best; at worst, it is dangerous.

I'll tell you how to get up in the morning......watch for the dawn.

It's what we do for each other that heals.

All your thoughts, imagination, feelings, emotions and sensation are part of the mechanical process that can be understood, at the state of self-realization.

Americans like to make money

He knew that the disdain for death and crazy courage of youngsters stemmed from a lack of imagination.

If you zoom in far enough, the information is there but it contains no meaning. The meaning emerges as a collective principle of organization.

I had never really dated. I've always been a relationship kind of person.

Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.

Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.

Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.

Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.