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"Awe is what moves us forward." ~ Joseph Campbell

Keith Haring

The heroes of all time have gone before us. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path. Where we had thought to travel outward, we will come to the center of our own existence.

Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being eunexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.

Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel.

Follow your bliss, and doors will open where there were no doors before.

Humanity comes not from the machine but from the heart.

I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.

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