The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLLet the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
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Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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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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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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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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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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If you follow your bliss…the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.
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