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

Joseph Campbell

The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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Beyond Fact Information
The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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Dreams Move Personality Power World
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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Power Service Wisdom Yourself
And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
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Alone Darkness Decision Grace Journey
Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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Hell Myself Need
Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Learning Wave World
When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
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Darkness Life Lost Need
People forget facts, but they remember stories.
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Fact Forget People Remember Story
You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
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Authority Life Maturity Yourself
If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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God Inspirational Patience Yourself
The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.
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Art Experience Goal Life
It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Beyond Carry Experience Function
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
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God Intellectual Level Simplicity Thinking
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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God Inspirational Motivational Open Path True Yourself
The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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Afraid Yourself
There’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.
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Fulfill Important Personal Realization Transcendence Yourself

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