Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWe’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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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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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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It is within you that the divine 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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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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It’s only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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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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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
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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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When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.
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