When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWe’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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All we really want to do is dance.
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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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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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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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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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I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
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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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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 myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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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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You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that’s waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means ‘filled with a god,’ so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That’s where your life is.
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