The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAnd so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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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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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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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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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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It is within you that the divine lives.
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