Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
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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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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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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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I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
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When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
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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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The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
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