“Soul is to be found in the vicinity of taboo.”

“It is only through mystery and madness that the soul is revealed”

“It's the pausing and the stopping, perhaps going backward and losing some time, not being able to do everything we're supposed to do, that serves the soul. That's the enchantment that feeds the soul.”

“Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.”

“Gnostic tales tell of the homesickness of the soul, its yearning for its own milieu…”

“Disappointments in love, even betrayals and losses, serve the soul at the very moment they seem in life to be tragedies. The soul is partly in time and partly in eternity. We might remember the part that resides in eternity when we feel despair over the part that is in life.”

“A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul. ”