And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLYou 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.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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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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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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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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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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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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There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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