Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.
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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 purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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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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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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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There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.
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You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that’s waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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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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