It’s only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLThe problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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.
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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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If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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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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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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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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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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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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I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that’s always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
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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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