When you get to be older, and the concerns of the day have all been attended to, and you turn to the inner life – well, if you don’t know where it is or what it is, you’ll be sorry.
Joseph Campbell
Inner Life, Aging Reflection, Self-Knowledge, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Priorities
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“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“Money is congealed energy, and releasing it releases life’s possibilities.” Joseph Campbell
Wealth And Potential, Energy Of Money, Wealth, Energy, Money, Potential
Joseph Campbell Wealth And Potential, Energy Of Money, Wealth, Energy, Money, Potential“The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact.” Joseph Campbell
Myth, Philosophy, Truth, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Insight
Joseph Campbell Myth, Philosophy, Truth, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Insight“Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel.” Joseph Campbell
Capacities, Knowledge, Self-awareness, Transformation, Life Journey, Skills
Joseph Campbell Capacities, Knowledge, Self-awareness, Transformation, Life Journey, Skills“The Deadheads are doing the dance of life and this I would say is the answer to the atom bomb.” Joseph Campbell
Life’s Dance, Peaceful Existence, Dance, Life, Peace, Existence
Joseph Campbell Life’s Dance, Peaceful Existence, Dance, Life, Peace, Existence“I think what we are looking for is a way of experiencing the world that will open to us the transcendent that informs it, and at the same time forms ourselves within it. That is what people want. That is what the soul asks for.” Joseph Campbell
Transcendence, World Experience, Spiritual Quest, Self-awareness, Soul Journey, Growth
Joseph Campbell Transcendence, World Experience, Spiritual Quest, Self-awareness, Soul Journey, Growth“Marriage is not a simple love affair, it’s an ordeal, and the ordeal is the sacrifice of ego to a relationship in which two have become one.” Joseph Campbell
Marital Journey, Ego Sacrifice, Relationship Challenges, Love Commitment, Mutual Growth, True Partnership
Joseph Campbell Marital Journey, Ego Sacrifice, Relationship Challenges, Love Commitment, Mutual Growth, True Partnership“The adventure of the hero represents the moment in his life when he achieved illumination – the nuclear moment when, while still alive, he found and opened the road to the light beyond the dark walls of our living death.” Joseph Campbell
Hero’s Illumination, Path To Light, Hero, Illumination, Light, Path
Joseph Campbell Hero’s Illumination, Path To Light, Hero, Illumination, Light, Path“The concept of time shuts off eternity.” Joseph Campbell
Time, Eternity, Philosophy, Life, Existence, Consciousness
Joseph Campbell Time, Eternity, Philosophy, Life, Existence, Consciousness“When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It’s a mess. It has always been a mess. We’re not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.” Joseph Campbell
World Problems, Personal Responsibility, Life Mess, Self-improvement, Growth, Perspective
Joseph Campbell World Problems, Personal Responsibility, Life Mess, Self-improvement, Growth, Perspective“Reading what you want, and having one book lead to the next, is the way I found my discipline.” Joseph Campbell
Reading Discipline, Book Journey, Knowledge Pursuit, Learning, Discipline, Reading
Joseph Campbell Reading Discipline, Book Journey, Knowledge Pursuit, Learning, Discipline, Reading“The object becomes aesthetically significant when it becomes metaphysically significant.” Joseph Campbell
Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Significance, Beauty, Art, Perception
Joseph Campbell Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Significance, Beauty, Art, Perception“The best we can do is lean towards the light.” Joseph Campbell
Positive Mindset, Embracing Hope, Positivity, Light, Hope, Mindset
Joseph Campbell Positive Mindset, Embracing Hope, Positivity, Light, Hope, Mindset“A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the depth wisdom of the psyche, by participating in a ritual, participating in the myth, you are being, as it were, put in accord with that wisdom, which is the wisdom that is inherent within you anyhow. Your consciousness is being re-minded of the wisdom of your own life. I think ritual is terribly important.” Joseph Campbell
Ritual, Myth, Wisdom, Consciousness, Spiritual Practice, Self-connection
Joseph Campbell Ritual, Myth, Wisdom, Consciousness, Spiritual Practice, Self-connection“The role of the artist I now understood as that of revealing through the world-surfaces the implicit forms of the soul, and the great agent to assist the artist was the myth.” Joseph Campbell
Artist Role, Soul Revelation, Mythic Inspiration, Art, Mythology, Creativity
Joseph Campbell Artist Role, Soul Revelation, Mythic Inspiration, Art, Mythology, Creativity“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“Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.” Joseph Campbell
Religion, Metaphor, Belief Systems, Spirituality, Interpretation, Truth
Joseph Campbell Religion, Metaphor, Belief Systems, Spirituality, Interpretation, Truth“If a being from another world were to ask you, “How can I learn what it’s like to be human?” a good answer would be, “Study mythology.” Joseph Campbell
Alien Understanding, Mythology Study, Human Life, Mythology, Humanity, Understanding
Joseph Campbell Alien Understanding, Mythology Study, Human Life, Mythology, Humanity, Understanding