Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbellwas an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 March 1904
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational hero-journey religion
All religions are true but none are literal.
taken hero adventure
The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or to discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning.
communication thinking bliss
What will they think of me? Must be put aside for bliss
needs groups individual
We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.
inspirational true-friend mind-your-own-business
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
yoga space finding-yourself
At first you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again.
inspirational life space
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
inspirational courage morning
Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.
insecure way secure
The insecure way is the secure way.
inspirational technology ethos
Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?
inspirational faith have-faith
I don't have to have faith, I have experience.
inspirational happiness wisdom
We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
power within-you knows
Seek to know the power that is within you.
inspirational change fate
The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag.