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The adventure evoked a quality of his character that he didn't know he possessed.
Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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White Plains
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It may be a species of impudence to think that the way you understand God is the way God is. (60).
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This is all I ever wanted - to help students and artists see myth as a reflection of the one sublime adventure of life, and then to breathe new life into it.
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With the moon walk, the religious myth that sustained these notions could no longer be held. With our view of earthrise, we could see that the earth and the heavens were no longer divided but that the earth is in the heavens. (105)
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What is unknown is the fulfillment of your own unique life, the likes of which has never existed on earth. And you are the only one who can do it. People can give you clues how to fall and when to stand, and when you are falling and when you are standing, this only you can know. And in the way of your own talents is the only way to do it.
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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
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There is no greater privilege in life than being yourself.
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Poets and artists who speak of the mystery are rare.
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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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Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
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As a white candle / In a holy place, / So is the beauty / Of an aged face
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Every people is a chosen people in its own mind. And it is rather amusing that their name for themselves usually means mankind.
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If you're going to have a story, have a big story, or none at all.
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Anything you do has a still point. When you are in that still point, you can perform maximally.
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Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.
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If you want resurrection, you must have crucifixion... The hoarder, the one in us that wants to keep, to hold on, must be killed.
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Perfection isn't human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love--and I mean love, not lust--is the imperfection of the human being. So, when the imperfection of the real person peaks through, say, 'This is a challenge to my compassion.' Then make a try, and something might begin to get going.
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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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The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.
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Myths are the world's dreams. They are archetypal dreams and deal with great human problems. Myths and dreams come from the same place. They come from realizations of some kind that then have to find expression in symbolic form.
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