Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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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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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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The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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