It’s only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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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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Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
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It is within you that the divine lives.
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A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
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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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What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die. . . . (90)
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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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You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
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