All Joseph Campbell Quotes
- Questing... is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself. Adventure
- The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for and it's really a manifestation of his character. It's amusing the way in… Achievement
- Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if… Adventure
- Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.' Happens
- Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. Adventure
- If you want resurrection, you must have crucifixion... The hoarder, the one in us that wants to keep, to hold on, must be killed. Crucifixion
- In meditating, meditate on your own divinity. The goal of life is to be a vehicle for something higher. Keep your eyes up there between… Divinity
- If you live with the myths in your mind, you will find yourself always in mythological situations. They cover everything that can happen to you.… Cover
- Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created… All
- It's only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world. Becomes
- The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Fear of the unknown is our greatest fear. Many of us would enter a… Adventure
- A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory… Common
- You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not… Allows
- 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… Begin
- Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its… Alive
- The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it. Art
- There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are… Alike
- I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and… Art
- If you see your path laid out in front of you - Step one, Step two, Step three - you only know one thing .… Action
- Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall. Find
- Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel. Ability
- The senses are a kind of reason. Taste, touch and smell, hearing and seeing, are not merely a means to sensation, enjoyable or otherwise, but… Actual
- It's a shame to waste [the uniqueness that is you], by doing what someone else has done. Shame
- If you can see your path clearly in front of you, it's probably someone else's. Clearly
- The insecure way is the secure way. Insecure