938 Quotes by Joseph Campbell

Our demons are our own limitations, which shut us off from the realization of the ubiquity of the spirit, each of these demons is conquered in a vision quest.

The warrior's approach is to say “yes” to life: “yes” to it all. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

Your bliss can guide you to that transcendent mystery, because bliss is the welling up of the energy of the transcendent wisdom within you.

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek.

But I do know what bliss is: that deep sense of being present, of doing what you absolutely must do to be yourself.

The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

We must let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement, but in depth.

The perfect human being is uninteresting the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable.