I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLLife is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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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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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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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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You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
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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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There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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