Concepts Quote by Joseph Campbell

“We're so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in…

— Haruki Murakami

We're all really happy with what's familiar. But what's inevitable in life is change. That's what life is.

— Toni Collette

Despite all the doom and gloom that constantly assaults our senses, there is a way for us to ransom our lives and reclaim our…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Stuffing our memories might become familiar over the years, but it requires a mental vigilance that separates us from our inner world. It's building…

— Jeanne McElvaney

Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through, is now like something from the distant past.…

— Haruki Murakami

“One of the most amazing recognitions of the human mind is that time passes. Everything that we experience somehow passes into a past invisible…

— John O'Donohue

We've forgotten much. How to struggle, how to rise to dizzy heights and sink to unparalleled depths. We no longer aspire to anything. Even…

— Richard Matheson

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses.

— Banana Yoshimoto

I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence. Intuition, suspicion, or…

— Ansel Adams

Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is…

— Hope Edelman

“Our past shapes our current perceptions and behaviors, and unresolved issues can stand in the way of peace of mind, joy, and happiness in…

— John Yates

Each of us carries around those growing up places, the institutions, a sort of backdrop, a stage set. So often we act out the…

— Chandra Talpade Mohanty