You can’t have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules.
Joseph Campbell
Creativity, Freedom, Rules, Innovation, Breaking Barriers, Personal Expression
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More Joseph Campbell Quotes
“But the makers of legend have seldom rested content to regard the world’s great heroes as mere human beings who broke past the horizons that limited their fellows and returned such boons as any man with equal faith and courage might have found.” Joseph Campbell
Legendary Heroes, Courage, Mythic Journey, Human Potential, Faith, Bravery
Joseph Campbell Legendary Heroes, Courage, Mythic Journey, Human Potential, Faith, Bravery“Eternity isn’t some later time. Eternity isn’t some long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is that dimension between here and now, where thinking and time cuts out. If you won’t get it here, you won’t get it anywhere.” Joseph Campbell
Eternal Present, Timeless Existence, Eternity, Present, Timeless, Existence
Joseph Campbell Eternal Present, Timeless Existence, Eternity, Present, Timeless, Existence“At first, you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again.” Joseph Campbell
Sacred Space, Personal Reflection, Self-discovery, Mindfulness, Inner Peace, Growth
Joseph Campbell Sacred Space, Personal Reflection, Self-discovery, Mindfulness, Inner Peace, Growth“At the darkest moment comes the light.” Joseph Campbell
Hope In Darkness, Inner Illumination, Personal Revelation, Emotional Strength, Transformative Insight, New Possibilities
Joseph Campbell Hope In Darkness, Inner Illumination, Personal Revelation, Emotional Strength, Transformative Insight, New Possibilities“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“You’ve got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.” Joseph Campbell
Acceptance, Life, Freedom, Philosophy, Personal Growth, Perspective
Joseph Campbell Acceptance, Life, Freedom, Philosophy, Personal Growth, Perspective“No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.” Joseph Campbell
Unique Potential, Individual Gifts, Life Possibilities, Potential, Self, Uniqueness
Joseph Campbell Unique Potential, Individual Gifts, Life Possibilities, Potential, Self, Uniqueness“Now, when Luke Skywalker unmasks his father, he is taking off the machine role that the father has played. The father was the uniform. That is power, the state role.” Joseph Campbell
Symbolic Story, Role Deconstruction, Parental Dynamics, Mythical Archetypes, Power Critique, Narrative Insights
Joseph Campbell Symbolic Story, Role Deconstruction, Parental Dynamics, Mythical Archetypes, Power Critique, Narrative Insights“It is, indeed, very little that we need! But lacking that, the adventure into the labyrinth is without hope.” Joseph Campbell
Minimalism, Adventure, Life, Hope, Wisdom, Philosophy
Joseph Campbell Minimalism, Adventure, Life, Hope, Wisdom, Philosophy“What we’re learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We’re learning technologies, we’re getting information. There’s a curious reluctance on the part of faculties to indicate the life values of their subjects.” Joseph Campbell
Education, Life Wisdom, Knowledge, Values, Schooling, Personal Growth
Joseph Campbell Education, Life Wisdom, Knowledge, Values, Schooling, Personal Growth“We no longer desire and fear; we are what was desired and feared.” Joseph Campbell
Desire, Fear, Self-realization, Inner Change, Transformation, Emotions
Joseph Campbell Desire, Fear, Self-realization, Inner Change, Transformation, Emotions“You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that’s waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.” Joseph Campbell
Life’s Flow, Embracing Change, Life, Flow, Change, Movement
Joseph Campbell Life’s Flow, Embracing Change, Life, Flow, Change, Movement“Mythological symbols touch and exhilarate centers of life beyond the reach of vocabularies of reason and coercion.” Joseph Campbell
Myth Symbols, Spiritual Language, Life Beyond Words, Reason Limits, Transcendence, Meaning
Joseph Campbell Myth Symbols, Spiritual Language, Life Beyond Words, Reason Limits, Transcendence, Meaning“All the old bindings are broken. Cosmological centers now are anywhere and everywhere. The earth is a heavenly body, most beautiful of all, and all poetry is now archaic that fails to match the wonder of this view.” Joseph Campbell
Cosmic Vision, Earth’s Beauty, Freedom, Change, Transformation, Wonder
Joseph Campbell Cosmic Vision, Earth’s Beauty, Freedom, Change, Transformation, Wonder“It’s important to live life with the experience, and therefore the knowledge, of its mystery and of your own mystery. This gives life a new radiance, a new harmony, a new splendor.” Joseph Campbell
Life Mystery, Inner Knowledge, Radiance Harmony, Experience, Splendor, Awareness
Joseph Campbell Life Mystery, Inner Knowledge, Radiance Harmony, Experience, Splendor, Awareness“The fundamental human experience is that of compassion.” Joseph Campbell
Compassion, Humanity, Emotional Connection, Empathy, Kindness, Love
Joseph Campbell Compassion, Humanity, Emotional Connection, Empathy, Kindness, Love“If marriage isn’t a first priority in your life, you’re not married.” Joseph Campbell
Marriage Priority, Life Commitment, Marriage, Priority, Commitment, Life
Joseph Campbell Marriage Priority, Life Commitment, Marriage, Priority, Commitment, Life“All babies are Buddha babies.” Joseph Campbell
Buddhism, Birth, Innocence, Spirituality, Life, Wisdom
Joseph Campbell Buddhism, Birth, Innocence, Spirituality, Life, Wisdom