We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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Wisdom 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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I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
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You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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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 myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
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The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure– fearlessness and achievement.
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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