The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLEternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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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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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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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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It’s only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.
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The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
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You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
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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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