Quotes from Joseph Campbell
All religions are true but none are literal.
- Joseph Campbell
Regrets are illuminations come too late.
- Joseph Campbell
A bit of advice Given to a young Native American At the time of his initiation: As you go the way of life, You will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.
- Joseph Campbell
As you proceed through life, following your own path, birds will shit on you. Don't bother to brush it off. Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spiritual distance. Having a sense of humor saves you.
- Joseph Campbell
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
- 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
The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
- Joseph Campbell
Without passion, men are not willing to pay any price or bear any burden to set the captives free.
- Joseph Campbell
When before the beauty of a sunset or a mountain, you pause and exclaim, 'Ah,' you are participating in divinity.
- Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
- Joseph Campbell
Don't do anything that isn't play
- Joseph Campbell
The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure.
- Joseph Campbell