You really can’t follow a guru. You can’t ask somebody to give The Reason, but you can find one for yourself; you decide what the meaning of your life is to be. People talk about the meaning of life; there is no meaning of life – there are lots of meanings of different lives, and you must decide what you want your own to be.
Joseph Campbell
Self-discovery, Individual Meaning, Life’s Purpose, Guru, Personal Path, Meaning-making
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More Joseph Campbell Quotes
“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 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“You don’t understand death, you learn to acquiesce in death.” Joseph Campbell
Death Acceptance, Life Philosophy, Spiritual Peace, Death, Understanding, Philosophy
Joseph Campbell Death Acceptance, Life Philosophy, Spiritual Peace, Death, Understanding, Philosophy“The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.” Joseph Campbell
Worship And Potential, Inner Divinity, Worship, Potential, Divinity, Inner
Joseph Campbell Worship And Potential, Inner Divinity, Worship, Potential, Divinity, Inner“The myth is not my own; I have it from my mother. Euripides.” Joseph Campbell
Myth, Heritage, Family, Wisdom, Tradition, Identity
Joseph Campbell Myth, Heritage, Family, Wisdom, Tradition, Identity“When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.” Joseph Campbell
Marriage Sacrifice, Unity, Relationship Growth, Love, Commitment, Partnership
Joseph Campbell Marriage Sacrifice, Unity, Relationship Growth, Love, Commitment, Partnership“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“If we fix on the old, we get stuck.” Joseph Campbell
Breaking Stagnation, Embracing Change, Stagnation, Change, Old, New
Joseph Campbell Breaking Stagnation, Embracing Change, Stagnation, Change, Old, New“Our true reality is in our identity and unity with all life.” Joseph Campbell
Unity, Identity, Reality, Life’s Purpose, Interconnectedness, Oneness
Joseph Campbell Unity, Identity, Reality, Life’s Purpose, Interconnectedness, Oneness“There is an Indian fable of three beings who drank from a river: one was a god, and he drank ambrosia; one was a man, and he drank water; and one was a demon, and he drank filth. What you get is a function of your own consciousness.” Joseph Campbell
Consciousness, Fable Meaning, Personal Perception, Spiritual Wisdom, Transformation, Life Choices
Joseph Campbell Consciousness, Fable Meaning, Personal Perception, Spiritual Wisdom, Transformation, Life Choices“We have today to learn to get back into accord with the wisdom of nature and realize again our brotherhood with the animals and with the water and the sea.” Joseph Campbell
Nature, Wisdom, Harmony, Brotherhood, Environmentalism, Life Lessons
Joseph Campbell Nature, Wisdom, Harmony, Brotherhood, Environmentalism, Life Lessons“If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go.” Joseph Campbell
Letting Go, Personal Growth, Change Embrace, Adaptability, Flexibility, Progress
Joseph Campbell Letting Go, Personal Growth, Change Embrace, Adaptability, Flexibility, Progress“Everything, all the time, is causing everything else.” Joseph Campbell
Interconnectedness, Life, Cause And Effect, Philosophy, Existence, Energy
Joseph Campbell Interconnectedness, Life, Cause And Effect, Philosophy, Existence, Energy“People forget facts, but they remember stories.” Joseph Campbell
Memory, Storytelling, Facts, Life Experiences, Legacy, Human Nature
Joseph Campbell Memory, Storytelling, Facts, Life Experiences, Legacy, Human Nature“It’s characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course, the majority is always wrong.” Joseph Campbell
Democratic Thought, Independent Thinking, Majority Rule, Critical Thinking, Politics, Wisdom
Joseph Campbell Democratic Thought, Independent Thinking, Majority Rule, Critical Thinking, Politics, Wisdom“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“I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.” Joseph Campbell
Work And Freedom, Financial Slavery, Work, Freedom, Money, Slavery
Joseph Campbell Work And Freedom, Financial Slavery, Work, Freedom, Money, Slavery“Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.” Joseph Campbell
Inner Demons, Suppressed Gods, Demons, Inner, Gods, Suppression
Joseph Campbell Inner Demons, Suppressed Gods, Demons, Inner, Gods, Suppression