“ The consequence of having seen God is madness, not in the sense that one becomes mentally ill, no, but that a kind of madness is set between you and others: people cannot nor will not understand you. ”

“ In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence? ”

“ The search for Reality is the most dangerous of all undertakings, for it destroys the world in which you live. ”

“ No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. ”