It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWhen 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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Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.
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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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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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You 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.
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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There 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.
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Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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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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I have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.
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The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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