Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no...

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no...

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Marriage is not a simple love affair, it's an ordeal, and the ordeal is the...

Marriage is not a simple love affair, it's an ordeal, and the ordeal is the...

Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going...

Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going...

The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned,...

The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned,...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is...

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is...

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to...

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to...

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe,...

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe,...

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they...

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they...

The warrior's approach is to say yes to life: yea to it all.

The warrior's approach is to say yes to life: yea to it all.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced...

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced...

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty...

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty...

Love is a friendship set to music.

Love is a friendship set to music.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to...

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to...

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget...

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget...

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame...

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame...