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It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.

Joseph Campbell

If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

God Inspirational Patience Yourself
Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Follow Life Mystery Path Problem Yourself
Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Fools Practical Wisdom World
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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Achievement Adventure Courage Fear Life
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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Divine Live
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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Life Meaning Question Yourself
Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

End Fact Ignorance Ourselves
I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Compassionate Fundamental Religious Thinking Yourself
Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Adventure Ego Fulfill Gift Mystery Yourself
We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Achievement Alive Association Engagement Purpose
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Life Lying Recovery Treasure Yourself
If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else’s; the whole point is to find your own way.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Journey Path Way Yourself
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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Goal Heart Broken Life Nature Universe
Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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Illumination Late Regret
Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Life Reach Wall Wrong Yourself
Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Fall Gold Inspirational Perspective Yourself

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