Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWhen we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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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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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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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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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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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.
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The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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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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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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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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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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If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else’s; the whole point is to find your own way.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
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It’s only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
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All we really want to do is dance.
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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 goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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