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Joseph Campbell Quotes: God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
         

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.


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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.



Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.



If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.

If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.



I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.



The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.



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.



Life is but a mask worn on the face of death. And is death, then, but another mask? 'How many can say,' asks the Aztec poet, 'that there is, or is not, a truth beyond?'

Life is but a mask worn on the face of death. And is death, then, but another mask? 'How many can say,' asks the Aztec poet, 'that there is, or is not, a truth beyond?'



A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.



Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.

Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.



It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.





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When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.

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