Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLAt the darkest moment comes the light.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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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You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you – a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising.
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Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.
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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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Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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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 dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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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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You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
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When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
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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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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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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 have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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