The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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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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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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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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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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
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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 have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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You don’t ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what you mean. You enjoy it.
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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