Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLYou have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that’s waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
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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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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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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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The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
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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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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that’s waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.
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What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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