It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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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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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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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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The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
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When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that’s always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
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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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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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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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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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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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