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 nourishment.
Joseph Campbell
Womanhood, Life, Birth, Nourishment, Femininity, Empowerment
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“The Greeks, it will be recalled, regarded Eros, the god of love, as the eldest of the gods; but also as the youngest, born fresh and dewy-eyed in every living heart.” Joseph Campbell
Eros And Love, Greek Mythology, Eros, Love, Mythology, Greek
Joseph Campbell Eros And Love, Greek Mythology, Eros, Love, Mythology, Greek“The water in which the mystic swims is the same water a madman drowns in.” Joseph Campbell
Mysticism, Madness, Perception, Depth, Consciousness, Water
Joseph Campbell Mysticism, Madness, Perception, Depth, Consciousness, Water“If you have a sacred place and use it, take advantage of it, something will happen.” Joseph Campbell
Sacred Space, Inner Reflection, Spiritual Renewal, Special Place, Connection, Transformation
Joseph Campbell Sacred Space, Inner Reflection, Spiritual Renewal, Special Place, Connection, Transformation“I will participate in the game. It is a wonderful, wonderful opera – except that it hurts.” Joseph Campbell
Life Journey, Struggle, Experience, Perspective, Challenge, Human Nature
Joseph Campbell Life Journey, Struggle, Experience, Perspective, Challenge, Human Nature“People can go very badly awry in this individual quest. But when the quest is fortunate, there comes a lifetime of creative innovative action.” Joseph Campbell
Individual Quest, Creativity, Innovation, Life Journey, Personal Growth, Fortune
Joseph Campbell Individual Quest, Creativity, Innovation, Life Journey, Personal Growth, Fortune“The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.” Joseph Campbell
Hero, Self-Discovery, Journey, Identity, Growth, Courage
Joseph Campbell Hero, Self-Discovery, Journey, Identity, Growth, Courage“The lines of communication between the conscious and the unconscious zones of the human psyche have all been cut, and we have been split in two.” Joseph Campbell
Conscious Mind, Unconscious, Psyche Split, Self-awareness, Inner Conflict, Personal Growth
Joseph Campbell Conscious Mind, Unconscious, Psyche Split, Self-awareness, Inner Conflict, Personal Growth“The goal is to live with God-like composure on the full rush of energy, like Dionysus riding the leopard, without being torn to pieces.” Joseph Campbell
Divine Balance, Energy Flow, Self Mastery, Mythical Archetypes, Calm Amid Chaos, Spiritual Poise
Joseph Campbell Divine Balance, Energy Flow, Self Mastery, Mythical Archetypes, Calm Amid Chaos, Spiritual Poise“Life will always be sorrowful. We can’t change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.” Joseph Campbell
Life, Sorrow, Attitude, Change, Perspective, Growth
Joseph Campbell Life, Sorrow, Attitude, Change, Perspective, Growth“Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now. It is a dimension of the human spirit – which is eternal. Find that eternal dimension in yourself, and you will ride through time, and throughout the whole length of your days.” Joseph Campbell
Eternal Spirit, Living Now, Eternity, Spirit, Now, Living
Joseph Campbell Eternal Spirit, Living Now, Eternity, Spirit, Now, Living“The process of nature cannot be evil.” Joseph Campbell
Nature’s Process, Good Evil, Neutrality, Philosophy, Life’s Cycle, Perspective
Joseph Campbell Nature’s Process, Good Evil, Neutrality, Philosophy, Life’s Cycle, Perspective“Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science, it is killed.” Joseph Campbell
Mythology, History, Interpretation, Truth, Philosophy, Life Lessons
Joseph Campbell Mythology, History, Interpretation, Truth, Philosophy, Life Lessons“People who don’t have a concept of the whole can do very unfortunate things.” Joseph Campbell
Holistic Understanding, Partial Perspective, Understanding, Perspective, Whole, Concept
Joseph Campbell Holistic Understanding, Partial Perspective, Understanding, Perspective, Whole, Concept“The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the divine comedy of the soul is to be read, not as a contradiction, but as a transcendence of the universal tragedy of man. The objective world remains what it was, but, because of a shift of emphasis within the subject, is beheld as though transformed.” Joseph Campbell
Fairy Tale End, Myth Transcendence, Soul’s Comedy, Perception Change, Transformation, Tragedy
Joseph Campbell Fairy Tale End, Myth Transcendence, Soul’s Comedy, Perception Change, Transformation, Tragedy“Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public, while learning the music and his instrument at the same time.” Joseph Campbell
Life Challenges, Learning, Growth, Performance, Creativity, Struggles
Joseph Campbell Life Challenges, Learning, Growth, Performance, Creativity, Struggles“Our actual ultimate root is in our humanity, not in our personal genealogy.” Joseph Campbell
Humanity’s Essence, Shared Roots, Unity Message, Common Humanity, Life’s Meaning, Ancestry
Joseph Campbell Humanity’s Essence, Shared Roots, Unity Message, Common Humanity, Life’s Meaning, Ancestry“This is one of the glorious things about the mother-goddess religions, where the world is the body of the Goddess, divine in itself, and divinity isn’t something ruling over and above a fallen nature.” Joseph Campbell
Mother-Goddess, Divine World, Sacred Nature, Feminine Divinity, Religion, Harmony
Joseph Campbell Mother-Goddess, Divine World, Sacred Nature, Feminine Divinity, Religion, Harmony“The key to the Grail is compassion, ‘suffering with,’ feeling another’s sorrow as if it were your own. The one who finds the dynamo of compassion is the one who’s found the Grail.” Joseph Campbell
Compassion Key, Grail, Empathy, Suffering, Selflessness, Love
Joseph Campbell Compassion Key, Grail, Empathy, Suffering, Selflessness, Love“The ground of being is the ground of our being, and when we simply turn outward, we see all of these little problems here and there. But, if we look inward, we see that we are the source of them all.” Joseph Campbell
Self-reflection, Inner Source, Being, Personal Responsibility, Inner Peace, Self-awareness
Joseph Campbell Self-reflection, Inner Source, Being, Personal Responsibility, Inner Peace, Self-awareness“I will never forget the experience I had when I was in Japan, a place that never heard of the Fall and the Garden of Eden. One of the Shinto texts says that the processes of nature cannot be evil. Every natural impulse is not to be corrected but to be sublimated, to be beautified. There is a glorious interest in the beauty of nature and cooperation with nature, so that in some of those gardens you don’t know where nature begins and art ends – this was a tremendous experience.” Joseph Campbell
Nature, Beauty, Japan, Spirituality, Art, Harmony
Joseph Campbell Nature, Beauty, Japan, Spirituality, Art, Harmony