When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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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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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.
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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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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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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
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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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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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