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Joseph Campbell Quotes: The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact
         

The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact


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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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Samadhi is the highest octave spiritual light. Not the best, but the highest octave.

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A few people have said that I should change my name and the spelling so that people can say it, but I don't want to, I like it the way it is.

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Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some kind of quality isn't it? Tenacity. You could also say it was sloth.

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I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens.

I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens.



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