Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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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...

When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The...

When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The...

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is...

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is...

Love is a friendship set to music.

Love is a friendship set to music.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the...

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the...

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

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.

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...

At such moments, you realize that you and the other are, in fact, one. It's...

At such moments, you realize that you and the other are, in fact, one. It's...

Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are...

Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are...

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly...

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly...

Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something up.

Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something up.

God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as...

God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as...

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 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,...

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or...

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or...

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to...

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to...