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Joseph Campbell Quotes: If you want to know what a given society believes in, look at what its largest buildings are devoted to.
         

If you want to know what a given society believes in, look at what its largest buildings are devoted to.


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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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Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it’s a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one.

Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it’s a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one.



I can tell when men are threatened by my height.

I can tell when men are threatened by my height.



I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.



It's a mistake to read. Television is the only way.

It's a mistake to read. Television is the only way.



You will protect with the last drop of someone else's blood what was never yours.

You will protect with the last drop of someone else's blood what was never yours.



We cannot even let the other person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.

We cannot even let the other person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.



Employers ganging up against workers is like raising an army of elephants against ants.

Employers ganging up against workers is like raising an army of elephants against ants.



I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.

I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.



Do not disturb the faith of any. . . Our duty is not to disturb the faith of others.

Do not disturb the faith of any. . . Our duty is not to disturb the faith of others.




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