938 Quotes by Joseph Campbell


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    The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.

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    You yourself are participating in the evil, or you are not alive. Whatever you do is evil for somebody. This is one of the ironies of the whole creation.

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    Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be.

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    We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. -

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    The mighty hero of extraordinary powers, able to lift Mount Govardhan on a finger, and to fill himself with the terrible glory of the universe, is each of us: not the physical self visible in the mirror, but the King within.

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    If you have a sacred place and use it, take advantage of it, something will happen.

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    Everybody's going to be looking at these little bits and pieces and deciding what they like and don't like. There's enough attractive pieces in that business that quite a few people will express an interest.

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