The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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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 you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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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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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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All we really want to do is dance.
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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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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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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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How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means ‘filled with a god,’ so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That’s where your life is.
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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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