The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAll the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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I have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions 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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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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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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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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Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
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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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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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