All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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If you follow your bliss…the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.
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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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I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
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When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that’s always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
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If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else’s; the whole point is to find your own way.
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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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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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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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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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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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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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