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Joseph Campbell Quotes

"It is not society that is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse""The ultimate dragon is within you""If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's""The warrior's approach is to say yes to life: say yea to it all""Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold""The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm""We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us""A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself""The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves""If you are falling, dive""Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths ""Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain ""It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life ""Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging ""Your life is the fruit of your own doing ""The hero's journey is not about becoming heroic, but about returning to the ordinary world with the wisdom gained from great ordeals ""When you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else""The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure""The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature""People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive"
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