Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. JOSEPH CAMPBELL BurnHappinessPainPlace
The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion. JOSEPH CAMPBELL CompassionJourneyPurposeReach
Change the focus of the eye. When you have done that, then the end of the world as you formerly knew it will have occurred, and you will experience the radiance of the divine presence everywhere, here and now. JOSEPH CAMPBELL ChangeDivineEndExperienceFocusPresenceRadiantWorld
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. JOSEPH CAMPBELL AliveGodInspirationalLifePainSuffering
You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules. JOSEPH CAMPBELL ConditionFollowLifeMiracleRule
The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist. JOSEPH CAMPBELL ArtistFunctionProblemSpiritual
If you follow your bliss…the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. JOSEPH CAMPBELL FollowLifeOneself
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 DanceEnjoymentMeaning
