Joseph Campbell, The Power Of Myth Quotes
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.
Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.
The demon that you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.
Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.
Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That’s why it’s good to be able to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.
Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.
Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.
