Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

Quote by Joseph Campbell

Topics: Dreams Quotes

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 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...

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But...

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But...

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.

To find your own way is to follow your bliss. This involves analysis, watching yourself...

To find your own way is to follow your bliss. This involves analysis, watching yourself...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Breathe in the wonder of every moment broadcasting gratitude to our higher consciousness.

Breathe in the wonder of every moment broadcasting gratitude to our higher consciousness.

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or...

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or...