I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThere’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.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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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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The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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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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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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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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The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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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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Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.
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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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You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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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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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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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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