God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLA 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.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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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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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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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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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
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The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
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The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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