We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths

Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something up.

Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something up.

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.

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...

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...

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

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...

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...

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

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...

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...

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

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...

We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store,...

We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store,...

Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk...

Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk...

There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a...

There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a...

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable