To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for the Absolute was further proof that I had not understood India. My vocation was culture, not sainthood. — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“Stangaciile, ca si timiditatea, au un farmec discret prin surprizele pe care le provoaca, prin panica naiva care o raspandesc.” — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body. — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“Inainte chiar de a afla vreun raspuns satisfacator, si numai prin faptul ca a fost rostita, intrebarea justa regenereaza si fertilizeaza; si nu numai… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane. — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“It must never be forgotten that initiatory death simultaneously signifies the end of the "natural," noncultural man, and passage to a new modality of existence-that of a being "born to spirit," that is, a being that does not live solely in an immediate reality. Thus initiatory death forms an integral part of the mystical process by which the novice becomes… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share
To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
The primitive magician, the medicine man or shaman is not only a sick man, he is above all, a sick man who has been… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane ... In his encounters with… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“Mă întreb, bunăoară, dacă nu cumva în ziua când am început să iubesc nu s-a întâmplat ceva lângă mine, ceva pe care eu nu… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“Eu am optat pentru Viaţă, îi spusese. Vreau să trăiesc, să văd ce are să se întâmple până la urmă...” — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
Man makes himself, and he only makes himself completely in proportion as he desacrilizes himself and the world. The sacred is the prime obstacle… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
