Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
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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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I have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.
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When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that’s always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
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Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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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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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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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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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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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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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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I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
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