You’ve got to find the force inside you.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWe must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. –
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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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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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.
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We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.
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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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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
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Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
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Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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