We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLIf you follow your bliss…the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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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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The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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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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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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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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Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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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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Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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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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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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