Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAt the darkest moment comes the light.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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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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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
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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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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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All we really want to do is dance.
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Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive.
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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
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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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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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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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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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