All the old bindings are broken. Cosmological centers now are anywhere and everywhere. The earth is a heavenly body, most beautiful of all, and all poetry is now archaic that fails to match the wonder of this view. Joseph Campbell More Quotes by Joseph Campbell More Quotes From Joseph Campbell Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another. Joseph Campbell inspirational people art There's nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth. Joseph Campbell wisdom spiritual inspirational The object becomes aesthetically significant when it becomes metaphysically significant. Joseph Campbell significant importance objects Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object. Joseph Campbell radiance shining art The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact Joseph Campbell heroic doe facts So that's what destiny is: simply the fulfillment of the potentialites of the energies in your own system. Joseph Campbell fulfillment destiny energy When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. Joseph Campbell fields doors people Man should not be in the service of society, society should be in the service of man. When man is in the service of society, you have a monster state, and that's what is threatening the world at this minute. Joseph Campbell monsters inspirational men People forget facts, but they remember stories. Joseph Campbell stories facts people Eternity is not a long time; rather, it is another dimension. It is that dimension to which time-thinking shuts us. And so there never was a creation. Rather, there is a continuous creating going on. This energy is pouring into every cell of our being right now, every board and brick of the buildings we sit in, every grain of sand and wisp of wind. Joseph Campbell cells wind thinking If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married. Joseph Campbell priorities life firsts Well, one of the problems about being psychoanalyzed is, as Nietzsche said, "Be careful lest in casting out your devils that you cast out the best thing that's in you." So many people who are really in deep analysis look as though and act as though they have been filleted. There's no bone there, there's no stuff! How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick. Joseph Campbell ego inspirational people Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end. Joseph Campbell complacency ignorance doe I think what we lack isn't science, but poetry that reveals what the heart is ready to recognize Joseph Campbell ready heart thinking This, I believe, is the great Western truth: that each of us is a completely unique creature and that, if we are ever to give any gift to the world, it will have to come out of our own experience and fulfillment of our own potentialities, not someone else's. Joseph Campbell unique giving believe When you look at that nature world it becomes an icon, it becomes a holy picture that speaks of the origins of the world. Almost every mythology sees the origins of life coming out of water. And, curiously, that's true. It's amusing that the origin of life out of water is in myths and then again, finally, in science, we find the same thing. It's exactly so. Joseph Campbell origin-of-life icons rain I don’t think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think we’re seeking an experience of being alive…we want to feel the rapture of being alive Joseph Campbell inspirational people thinking Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one. Joseph Campbell survival law firsts If you follow someone else's way, you are not going to realize your potential. Joseph Campbell hero-journey realizing way Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny. Joseph Campbell curse instruments destiny
