If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else’s; the whole point is to find your own way.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf there were already a path, it would have to be someone else’s; the whole point is to find your own way.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWe must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAt the darkest moment comes the light.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIt is within you that the divine lives.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLMyth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLBoth the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLLet the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLA hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWe’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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLNothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLYour sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLA hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThere are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL