Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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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...

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.

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...

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.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

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 are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly...

We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly...

And Summers and Winters scattered like splinters And four or five years slipped away

And Summers and Winters scattered like splinters And four or five years slipped away