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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.

Joseph Campbell

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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Power Service Wisdom Yourself
Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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Devil Encounter God Transformation
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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Fascination Fire Interest Mystery
Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.
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Feeling Moments Negative Positive Strength Yourself
And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
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Alone Darkness Decision Grace Journey
Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
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Follow Life Mystery Path Problem 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
There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.
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Fulfill Important Personal Realization Transcendence Yourself
The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
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Art Experience Goal Life
The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure– fearlessness and achievement.
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Achievement Adventure Courage Fear Life
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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History Important True Yourself
It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Beyond Carry Experience Function
At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Darkness Inspirational Light Moments
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
You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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Deep Learning Recognition Yourself

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