black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.

Joseph Campbell

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

History Important True Yourself
Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Art Carry Wings Yourself
If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Clear Path Yourself
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Sacred Space Yourself
Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Dimension Forever Future Past
The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Power Service Wisdom Yourself
Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Funny People Scream
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Life Privilege Time Yourself
Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Follow Life Mystery Path Problem Yourself
You don’t ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what you mean. You enjoy it.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Dance Enjoyment Meaning Yourself
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Ability Adventure Heart Inspirational Yourself
Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Law Life Onself Survive
It is within you that the divine lives.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Divine Live Spiritual Yourself
The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Artist Function Problem Spiritual
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

Old Oneself Proverb Skin
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.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL

End Expectation Figure Life Movie Question

The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Joseph Campbell Quotes