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A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion.
Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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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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Preachers err by trying to talk people into belief better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery.
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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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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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The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down.
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Mythology is the womb of mankind's initiation to life and death.
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When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
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There is no greater privilege in life than being yourself.
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Our life has become so economic and practical in its orientation that, as you get older, the claims of the moment upon you are so great, you hardly know where the hell you are, or what it is you intended. You are always doing something that is required of you. Where is your bliss station? You have to try to find it.
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How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. (92)
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Once you know the difference between right and wrong, you have lots fewer decisions to make.
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
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Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things.
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It is not only that there is no hiding place for the gods from the searching telescope and microscope there is no such society any more as the gods once supported.
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The adventure that the hero is ready for is the one he gets.
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Religon is misunderstood mythology
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