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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLFind a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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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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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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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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The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure– fearlessness and achievement.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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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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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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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 old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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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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Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
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