Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLNo one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
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There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means ‘filled with a god,’ so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That’s where your life is.
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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