When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It's a mess. It has always been a mess. We are not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out…

Quote by Joseph Campbell

Topics: Problems Quotes, World Quotes

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is...

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is...

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...

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.

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.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Love is a friendship set to music.

Love is a friendship set to music.

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved...

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved...

I bear a charmed life.

I bear a charmed life.

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The energy it took to exit mothers womb is the same force required to manifest...

The energy it took to exit mothers womb is the same force required to manifest...