Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLChange the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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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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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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Questing… is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
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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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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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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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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
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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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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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