Labyrinth Quotes

• The labyrinth literally reintroduces the experience of walking a clearly defined path. This reminds us that there is a path, a process that brings us to unity, to the center of our beings. In the simple act of walking, the soul finds solace and peace.

  Lauren Artress

  Simple, Soul, Unity

  Lauren Artress (1996). “Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice”, p.74, Penguin

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• What man does not know,
  Or has not thought of,
  Wanders in the night
  Through the labyrinth of the mind.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Night, Men, Mind

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• The only person who can solve the labyrinth of yourself is You.

  Jeremy Denk

  Solve, Persons

  "Every Good Boy Does Fine: A life in piano lessons" by Jeremy Denk, www.newyorker.com. April 08, 2013.

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• Things outside you are projections of what's inside you, and what's inside you is a projection of what's outside. So when you step into the labyrinth outside you, at the same time you're stepping into the labyrinth inside.

  Haruki Murakami

  Steps, Projection

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Sep 23, 2015

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• The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Inspirational, Forever, Lines

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• Desires, memories, fears, passions form labyrinths in which we lose and find and then lose ourselves again.

  Bernhard Schlink

  Memories, Passion, Desire

  Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.18, Vintage

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• If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.

  Teresa of Avila

  Mean, Garden, Jewels

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• There's no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Needs, Universe

  Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley (2004). “Aleph and other stories”, Penguin Classics

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• A labyrinth, when it is big enough, is just the world.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  World, Enough, Bigs

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.524, Macmillan

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• I know there is no straight road No straight road in this world Only a giant labyrinth Of intersecting crossroads

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Giants, World, Crossroads

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• For you know that I myself am a labyrinth, where one easily gets lost.

  Charles Perrault

  Lost, Knows

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• Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end,
  full of new paths to discover,
  where mystery remains eternal

  Pierre Boulez

  Music, Discovery, Path

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• Give me a labyrinth to walk and I can usually free my mind.

  Pam Houston

  Giving, Mind, Walks

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The minotaur more than justifies the existence of the labyrinth.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Minotaur, Existence, Justify

  "The Aleph" by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley, 1949.

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• It's only forever... Not long at all.

  David Bowie

  Tattoo, Long, Forever

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• At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.

  John Green

  Alaska, Mazes, Looks

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.118, Penguin

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• Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone

  Ohtaka Shinobu

  Mean, World, Connected

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• You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth.

  John Green

  Alaska, Imagining The Future, Green

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.46, Penguin

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• A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Horse, Stars, Men

  Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley (2004). “Aleph and other stories”, Penguin Classics

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• Every labyrinth has its minotaur

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Minotaur

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• Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

  Simon Bolivar

  Alaska, Bedtime, Damn

  Simon Bolivar's statement made in the last months of his life, occasionally said to be his last words; quoted in Gabriel Garcia Marquez "The General in His Labyrinth" (p. 267), 1990.

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• I choose the labyrinth.

  John Green

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.167, Penguin

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• Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Hero, Adventure

  "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell, New World Library, (Ch. 1), 2008.

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• Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!

  Jim Henson

  Strong, Children, Cities

  "Fictional character: Sarah". Labyrinth, www.imdb.com. 1986.

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• It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.

  John Green

  Alaska, Suffering, Malaria

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.68, Penguin

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