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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLNo one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.
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Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that’s waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.
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You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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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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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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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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Love 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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The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
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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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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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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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