The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf 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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When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It’s a mess. It has always been a mess. We’re not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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 goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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It is within you that the divine lives.
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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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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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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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All we really want to do is dance.
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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 big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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