When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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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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The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.
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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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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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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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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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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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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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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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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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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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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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