A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens.

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible.

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.