We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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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...

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...

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

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...

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...

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...

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no...

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no...

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 clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Our true reality is in our identity and unity with all life.

Our true reality is in our identity and unity with all life.

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...

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...

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good...

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good...

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for...

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for...

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....