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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.

Joseph Campbell

The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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Afraid Yourself
At the darkest moment comes the light.
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Darkness Inspirational Light Moments
I have found that you have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will.
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Boundary God Hero Journey Step Yourself
You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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Deep Learning Recognition Yourself
Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
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Artist Love Mistake Perfection Person
When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
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Darkness Life Lost Need
I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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Compassionate Fundamental Religious Thinking Yourself
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
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Life Lying Recovery Treasure Yourself
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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Goal Heart Broken Life Nature Universe
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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Day Heart Home Mindset Place Promise Yourself
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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Demon Himself Man Tame World
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. –
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Life Old Oneself Planning Skin Willing
Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.
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Curse Inspirational Instrument Perspective Respect
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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Life Privilege Time Yourself
Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming.
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Funny People Scream
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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Life Meaning Question Yourself

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