Joseph Campbell Quotes

551 quotes · Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

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Joseph Campbell Quotes

All Philosophical Spiritual Creative Courageous Adventurous 551 quotes · page 25 of 46

Joseph Campbell

Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

Philosophical

“When I was in India I met and conversed briefly with Shri Atmananda Guru of Trivandrum, and the question he gave me to ponder was this: 'Where are you between two thoughts?”

Two India Guru

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Joseph Campbell

Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

Spiritual

“God is within you. You yourself are your creator. If you find that place in yourself from which you brought this thing about, you will be able to live with it and affirm it, perhaps even enjoy it, as your life.”

Able God Enjoy

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Philosophical

“The folktale is the primer of the picture-language of the soul.”

Soul Language

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Philosophical

“The process of nature cannot be evil.”

Evil Process

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Adventurous

“The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for and it's really a manifestation of his character. It's amusing the way in which the landscape and conditions of the environment match the readiness of the hero. The adventure that he is ready for is the one that he gets.”

Character Hero Adventure

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Adventurous

“If you see your path laid out in front of you - Step one, Step two, Step three - you only know one thing . . . it is not your path. Your path is created in the moment of action. If you can see it laid out in front of you, you can be sure it is someone else's path. That is why you see it so clearly.”

Two Three Path

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Adventurous

“Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's. Each of us has to find his own way.”

Way Path

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Determined

“Man actually needs the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.”

Men Struggle

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Creative

“Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object.”

Art Shining Radiance

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Philosophical

“Myths are the world's dreams. They are archetypal dreams and deal with great human problems. Myths and dreams come from the same place. They come from realizations of some kind that then have to find expression in symbolic form.”

Dream Expression Realization

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Spiritual

“The experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; here is the place to have the experience.”

Inspirational Heaven Eternity

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Adventurous

“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.”

World Hero Victory

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