Quotes from Alejandro Jodorowsky

El agua sucia puede apagar un incendio

Pasé de los insultos al silencio. Eran menos dolorosos los primeros.

El árbol decidió viajar. Cuando logró desprenderse de la tierra, se dio cuenta de que sus ramas eran raíces celestes.

Oh, Buenos Aires, I have traveled around the world, but I've never been separated from you," said Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges. And Saint Thomas said, "A friendship that can end has never been a true friendship." In

Cuando uno deja de obedecer los dictados universitarios, todos los enfoques tienen algo que ofrecer." -Metageneaología-

It's not enough to quote someone; it's important to specify what aspect of that person you're referencing. Every time we talk about someone, we speak of that person as if our perception is the same for everyone. When

His people had known innumerable catastrophes, and an age-old instinct made him give himself over to true time, the time that cannot be measured, where twenty years pass like an hour and a second can last a thousand years.

Sueño Un grupo de ciegos, lanzando insultos, se golpean con sus bastones. Uno de ellos me quiere atacar. Le digo: «No es necesario que se pelee conmigo. Yo no soy ciego».

Why call something a play that's based on a text?

There is a precise instant when the world is marvelous: now.

Afirmo que después del alma humana los objetos más hermosos del Universo serán los navíos espaciales.

I knew I would be forever isolated, desolate, useless. Life? To be born for no reason, to suffer constantly, to die ignorant. God? Extant but unreachable. Blind, deaf, and mute for His creatures. Human society? A prison filled with lunatics, thieves, and drunks.

Là, in quelle solitudini infinite, lui, eremita contumace, aveva imparato a stimare la compagnia degli esseri umani, aveva compreso i cani sempre ansiosi della presenza del padrone, aveva scoperto che l'altro è una forma di nutrimento, che l'uomo senza l'uomo muore di fame spirituale.

Conserva tu dignidad. Si un perro te muerde, no muerdas al perro.

Piensas una cosa deseas otra amas otra haces otra cosa

La libertà non è la ribellione ma piuttosto la pratica di una fantasia senza limiti all'interno delle restrizione imposte dal potere.

For us, these five poets formed an alchemist mandala: Neruda was water, Parra air, de Rokha fire, Mistral earth, and Huidobro, in the center, quintessence.

Si haces aquello, te destruirás; Si te entregas a tal actividad, terminarás como un pordiosero; Si tienes relaciones sexuales antes del matrimonio, te convertirás en una puta». Como el cerebro tiende a cumplir las predicciones, éstas, transformadas por el Inconsciente en órdenes, actúan sobre la vida del individuo como maldiciones que exigen ser realizadas.

Failure doesn't exist. It's only a change of direction.

We may overindulge at times, but we then control ourselves and go back to a more moderate diet. There is a mudra that illustrates this situation quite well: "If the animal leaves the flock, I take it back to the flock. If it leaves again, I take it back again." Spiritual

It's a very powerful neurosis—to not know where one came from and not love what one was. The family tree is what one was. It's important to recognize it head-on and love it.

En el juego de la desgracia, el verdugo y la víctima intercambian a menudo sus papeles... ¿Cómo

A grandes voces despertaron a los araucanos.

Siempre se miraba al espejo con los ojos entrecerrados: no le agradaba que un desconocido entrara en su intimidad.