De aceea am plecat pe front, pentru că ştiam că altminteri, dacă nu mor acolo, va fi mult mai grav, voi afla într-o zi, că, pentru tine, am murit de … - Mircea Eliade

Nu poţi iubi niciodată doi oameni în acelaşi timp. Iubeşti pe rând, când pe unul, când pe altul.

To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.

Symbolic thinking is not the exclusive privilege of the child, of the poet or of the unbalanced mind: it is consubstantial with human existence, it comes before language and discursive reasoning. The symbol reveals certain aspects of reality — the deepest aspects — which defy any other means of knowledge. Images, symbols and myths are not irresponsible creations of the psyche; they respond to a need and fulfill a function, that of bringing to light the most hidden modalities of being..