Quotes from Joseph Campbell
The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
- Joseph Campbell
Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
- Joseph Campbell
Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world.
- Joseph Campbell
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure
- Joseph Campbell
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
- Joseph Campbell
The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.
- Joseph Campbell
Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
- Joseph Campbell
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.
- Joseph Campbell
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell
We save the world by being alive ourselves.
- Joseph Campbell
The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag.
- Joseph Campbell
Writer's block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows.
- Joseph Campbell