Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
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.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
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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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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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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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You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
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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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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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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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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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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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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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