Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLI don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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 god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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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.
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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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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you – a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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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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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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