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 they are also a means to knowledge – and are, indeed, your only actual means to knowledge.
Joseph Campbell
Sensory Knowledge, Human Experience, Senses, Knowledge, Experience, Human
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More Joseph Campbell Quotes
“And so every one of us shares the supreme ordeal – carries the cross of the redeemer – not in the bright moments of his tribe’s great victories, but in the silences of his personal despair.” Joseph Campbell
Supreme Ordeal, Personal Struggle, Redemption, Despair, Hero’s Journey, Human Experience
Joseph Campbell Supreme Ordeal, Personal Struggle, Redemption, Despair, Hero’s Journey, Human Experience“When people find out what it is that’s ticking in them, they get straightened out.” Joseph Campbell
Inner Clock, Self-Understanding, Alignment, Personal Growth, Motivation, Purpose
Joseph Campbell Inner Clock, Self-Understanding, Alignment, Personal Growth, Motivation, Purpose“First you must find your trajectory, and then comes the social coordination.” Joseph Campbell
Life Trajectory, Social Coordination, Path Finding, Life, Success, Direction
Joseph Campbell Life Trajectory, Social Coordination, Path Finding, Life, Success, Direction“Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.” Joseph Campbell
Love, Perfection, Imperfection, Art, Relationships, Human Nature
Joseph Campbell Love, Perfection, Imperfection, Art, Relationships, Human Nature“When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.” Joseph Campbell
Darkest Hour, Hope Renewal, Life Transformation, Personal Growth, Inner Strength, New Beginnings
Joseph Campbell Darkest Hour, Hope Renewal, Life Transformation, Personal Growth, Inner Strength, New Beginnings“What the artist must render is a living moment somehow, a living moment actually in action or an inward experience.” Joseph Campbell
Artistic Vision, Capturing Moments, Vision, Moments, Action, Experience
Joseph Campbell Artistic Vision, Capturing Moments, Vision, Moments, Action, Experience“Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.” Joseph Campbell
Life’s Surprises, Unpredictable Journey, Thrill Of Mystery, Personal Adventure, Unexpected Paths, Exciting Discovery
Joseph Campbell Life’s Surprises, Unpredictable Journey, Thrill Of Mystery, Personal Adventure, Unexpected Paths, Exciting Discovery“For if anything is capable of making a poet of a literary man, it is my hometown love of the human, the living and ordinary.” Joseph Campbell
Poetic Inspiration, Human Love, Ordinary Life, Literature, Poetry, Humanity
Joseph Campbell Poetic Inspiration, Human Love, Ordinary Life, Literature, Poetry, Humanity“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“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. You are not on your own path. If you follow someone else’s way, you are not going to realize your potential.” Joseph Campbell
Pathfinding, Individuality, Self-realization, Forest, Journey, Potential
Joseph Campbell Pathfinding, Individuality, Self-realization, Forest, Journey, Potential“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.” Joseph Campbell
Individuality, Clarity, Self-discovery, Authenticity, Pathfinding, Freedom
Joseph Campbell Individuality, Clarity, Self-discovery, Authenticity, Pathfinding, Freedom“The Hindus, for example, don’t believe in special revelation. They speak of a state in which the ears have opened to the song of the universe. Here the eye has opened to the radiance of the mind of God. And that’s a fundamental deist idea.” Joseph Campbell
Hinduism Belief, Revelation State, Divine Radiance, Spirituality, Religion, Enlightenment
Joseph Campbell Hinduism Belief, Revelation State, Divine Radiance, Spirituality, Religion, Enlightenment“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 see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.” Joseph Campbell
Advice, Journey, Life, Challenge, Courage, Wisdom
Joseph Campbell Advice, Journey, Life, Challenge, Courage, Wisdom“The hero is the champion of things becoming, not of things become, because he is.” Joseph Campbell
Heroism, Becoming, Transformation, Personal Growth, Change, Identity
Joseph Campbell Heroism, Becoming, Transformation, Personal Growth, Change, Identity“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” Joseph Campbell
Heroic Transformation, Selflessness, Transformation, Heroic, Selflessness, Consciousness
Joseph Campbell Heroic Transformation, Selflessness, Transformation, Heroic, Selflessness, Consciousness“There is no security in following the call to adventure.” Joseph Campbell
Adventure, Risk, Courage, Unknown, Change, Self-discovery
Joseph Campbell Adventure, Risk, Courage, Unknown, Change, Self-discovery“In comparison with all this, our little stories of achievement seem pitiful; Too well we know what bitterness of failure, loss, disillusionment, and ironic unfulfillment galls the blood of even the envied of the world!” Joseph Campbell
Achievement Comparison, Failure Loss, Ironic Unfulfillment, Achievement, Failure, Disillusionment
Joseph Campbell Achievement Comparison, Failure Loss, Ironic Unfulfillment, Achievement, Failure, Disillusionment“The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure.” Joseph Campbell
Hero’s Departure, Final Act, Hero, Departure, Act, Final
Joseph Campbell Hero’s Departure, Final Act, Hero, Departure, Act, Final“The insecure way is the secure way.” Joseph Campbell
Uncertain Path, Hidden Security, Risk Reward, Bold Decisions, Paradox Insights, Life Challenges
Joseph Campbell Uncertain Path, Hidden Security, Risk Reward, Bold Decisions, Paradox Insights, Life Challenges“Successful marriage is leading innovative lives together, being open, non-programmed. It’s a free fall: how you handle each new thing as it comes along. As a drop of oil on the sea, you must float, using intellect and compassion to ride the waves.” Joseph Campbell
Marriage, Relationships, Growth, Adaptability, Innovation, Love
Joseph Campbell Marriage, Relationships, Growth, Adaptability, Innovation, Love