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

One of the many distinctions between the celebrity and the hero, he said, is that one lives for self while the other acts to redeem society.

A constant image [in myths] is that of the conflict of the eagle and the serpent. The serpent bound to the earth, the eagle in spiritual flight – isn't that conflict something we all experience? And then, when the two amalgamate, we get a wonderful dragon, a serpent with wings.

The perfect human being is uninteresting — the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections that are loveable