All Joseph Campbell Quotes
- The mind of man, cleansed of secondary and merely temporal concerns, beholds with the radiance of a cleansed mirror a reflection of the rational mind… Beholds
- The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure. Act
- The function of the society is to cultivate the individual. It is not the function of the individual to support society. Cultivate
- The perfect human being is uninteresting-the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. Buddha
- Every people is a chosen people in its own mind. And it is rather amusing that their name for themselves usually means mankind. Amusing
- Every religion, every mythology is true in this sense: It is true as metaphorical of the human and cosmic mystery. Cosmic
- One of our problems today is that we are not well acquainted with the literature of the spirit. We re interested in the news of… Acquainted
- We know that Jesus could not have ascended to heaven because there is no physical heaven anywhere in the universe. Even ascending at the speed… Anywhere
- Have you ever looked inside one of those things [computers]? It's a whole hierarchy of angels- all on slats. And those little tubes-those are miracles. All
- A woman is a vehicle of life. Life has overtaken her. Woman is what it is all about-the giving of birth and the giving of… All
- Economics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy. Economics
- Mythologies, in other words, mythologies and religions are great poems and, when recognized as such, point infallibly through things and events to the ubiquity of… Events
- An old Apache storyteller reminds us Apache
- Chief Seattle, of the Indians that inhabited the Seattle area, wrote a wonderful paper that has to do with putting oneself in tune with the… Area
- The adventure evoked a quality of his character that he didn't know he possessed. Adventure
- And then he says, "The writer must be true to truth." And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe a human being… Analytical
- Vegetarians are people who cannot hear tomatos screaming. Cannot Hear
- You've got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules. Condition
- The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down. Clamping
- The best advise is to take it all as if it had been your intention. Advise
- Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself... The problem is not to blame or explain… Arise
- You don't have to believe that there was a King Arthur to get the significance of those stories, but Christians say we have to believe… Arthur
- The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement. Achievement
- What the artist must render is a living moment somehow, a living moment actually in action or an inward experience. Action
- When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. Begin