When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.

Quote by Joseph Campbell

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It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life....

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life....

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame...

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame...

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...

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...

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.

Love is a friendship set to music.

Love is a friendship set to music.

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...

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

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

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

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...