The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLA hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.
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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 you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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If you follow your bliss…the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you – a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising.
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When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It’s a mess. It has always been a mess. We’re not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
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Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive.
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People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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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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When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that’s always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
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