If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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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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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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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 big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
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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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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
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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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Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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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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