Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWhatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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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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All we really want to do is dance.
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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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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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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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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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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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We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.
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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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