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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.

Joseph Campbell

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
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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Dreams Myth Privacy Public
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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End Expectation Figure Life Movie Question
There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.
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Divine Live
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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Adventure Bliss Excitement Follow Life Security Yourself
People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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Fact Forget People Remember Story
The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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Capability God Oneself Worship
You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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Authority Life Maturity Yourself
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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Life Lying Recovery Treasure Yourself
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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Artist Love Mistake Perfection Person
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Sacred Space Yourself
Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Learning Wave World
You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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Force Yourself
Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.
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Life Meaning Question Yourself
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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Condition Follow Life Miracle Rule
Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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Art Carry Wings Yourself

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