Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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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...

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...

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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 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...

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

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

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

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than...

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than...

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...

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....

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...

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to...

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...