The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLLove 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.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero’s Journey.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.
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What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.
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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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The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.
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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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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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