You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLYou’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
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The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.
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Regrets are illuminations come too late.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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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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It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
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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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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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