“One thing that comes out in myths is that at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
...suddenly you hit on something that the student really responds to, you can see the eyes open and the complexion change. The… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“The big moment in the medieval myth is the awaking of the heart to compassion, the transformation of passion into compassion.... St.… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Revolution doesn't have to do with smashing something, it has to do with bringing something forth. If you spend all your time… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
If a person does not listen to the demands of their own spiritual and heart life and insists on a certain program, you're going… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The eternal principle, which never was born, never will die: it is in all things: it is in you now. You are the wave… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means 'filled with a god,' so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it.… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
What we're learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we're getting information. There's a curious reluctance on the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is the Biblical… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
So that's what destiny is: simply the fulfillment of the potentialites of the energies in your own system. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Your ego is your embodiment and your self is your potentiality and that's what you listen to when you listen for the voice of… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that's always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
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