Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLLet the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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If you follow your bliss…the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.
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Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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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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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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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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We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. –
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