We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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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.

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is...

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is...

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

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...

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...

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 goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe,...

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe,...

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...

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...

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so...

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so...

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for...

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...