I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
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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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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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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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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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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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It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
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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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All we really want to do is dance.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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