All Joseph Campbell Quotes
- Regrets are illuminations come too late. Illumination
- They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had… Adventure
- A bit of advice Given to a young Native American At the time of his initiation: As you go the way of life, You will… Advice
- All life stinks and you must embrace that with compassion. All
- The rise and fall of civilizations in the long, broad course of history can be seen to have been largely a function of the integrity… Aspiration
- Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such… Anyone
- Now I found it in writing sentences. You can write that sentence in a way that you would have written it last year. Or you… Exquisite
- Preachers err by trying to talk people into belief; better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery. Belief
- We save the world by being alive ourselves. Alive
- I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child. Always Feel
- All religions are true but none are literal. All
- You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's path.… Darkest
- We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a… Influence
- I don’t think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think we’re seeking an experience of being alive…we want to feel the rapture… Alive
- There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter drew his sword and cut off the servant's… Any
- God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, 'Ah! Ah
- Myth is what we call other people's religion. Call
- If you are falling....dive. Dive
- The experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; here is the… Eternity
- The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm… Been
- The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag. Change
- Clearly, mythology is no toy for children. Nor is it a matter of archaic, merely scholarly concern, of no moment to modern men of action.… Abstract
- When you follow your bliss...doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn't be a door for… Abundance
- If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's. Clear
- Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the… Bought