It is within you that the divine lives.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLSurvival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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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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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When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It’s a mess. It has always been a mess. We’re not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
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The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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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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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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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. –
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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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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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Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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