Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
JOSEPH CAMPBELLPeople forget facts, but they remember stories.
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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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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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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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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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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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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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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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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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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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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Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive.
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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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The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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