When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that’s always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLGod is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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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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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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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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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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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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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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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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