Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLMyths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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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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It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
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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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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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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All we really want to do is dance.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means ‘filled with a god,’ so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That’s where your life is.
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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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