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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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...

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows,...

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows,...

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.

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...

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...

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced...

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced...

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.

Love is a friendship set to music.

Love is a friendship set to music.

It's not being in love that makes me happy. It's being in love with you...

It's not being in love that makes me happy. It's being in love with you...

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.