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28 quotes by Joseph Campbell

Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."
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Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

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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.

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

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Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

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When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

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

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Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.

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When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

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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 people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in... →

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Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

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Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

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