Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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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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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)
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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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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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The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
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No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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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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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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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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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure– fearlessness and achievement.
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