If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAll we really want to do is dance.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
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You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
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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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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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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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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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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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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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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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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 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 myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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