Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLYour sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.
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When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)
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Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.
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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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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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The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
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When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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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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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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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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