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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.

Joseph Campbell

I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Body Feeling Soul Stay Student Yourself
Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
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Adventure Bliss Excitement Follow Life Security Yourself
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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Dreams Myth Privacy Public
The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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Delight Psycology Water
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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Divine Live
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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Change Divine End Experience Focus Presence Radiant World Yourself
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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Divine Follow God Message Power Word Yourself
If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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Hands Path Right Yourself
The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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Capability God Oneself Worship
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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Journey Path Way Yourself
People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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Fact Forget People Remember Story
The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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Compassion Journey Purpose Reach Yourself
The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Fate Guide Journey Path
Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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Hell Myself Need
Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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Illumination Late Regret
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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Best Conversation Understand

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