Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)
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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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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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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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No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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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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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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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 conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure– fearlessness and achievement.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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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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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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