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

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

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

The greatest service that could be rendered the Christian peoples would be to convert them...

The greatest service that could be rendered the Christian peoples would be to convert them...

The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened...

The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened...

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...

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is...

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is...

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...

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

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,...

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life....

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life....

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...

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...

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...

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...

One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of...

One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of...

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.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful -...

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful -...

If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate...

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate...