It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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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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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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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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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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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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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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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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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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Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.
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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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