Regrets are illuminations come too late.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLLove is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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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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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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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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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 problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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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 not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
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