If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else’s; the whole point is to find your own way.
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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A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
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Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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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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Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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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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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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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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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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All we really want to do is dance.
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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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