Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLYou can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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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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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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If 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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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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We’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.
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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 privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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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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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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No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive.
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