When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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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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 must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.
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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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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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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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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 to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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