It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse. Joseph Campbell More Quotes by Joseph Campbell More Quotes From Joseph Campbell 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 wisdomspiritualinspirational The object becomes aesthetically significant when it becomes metaphysically significant. Joseph Campbell significantimportanceobjects 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 radianceshiningart The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact Joseph Campbell heroicdoefacts So that's what destiny is: simply the fulfillment of the potentialites of the energies in your own system. Joseph Campbell fulfillmentdestinyenergy 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 fieldsdoorspeople 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 monstersinspirationalmen People forget facts, but they remember stories. Joseph Campbell storiesfactspeople 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 cellswindthinking If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married. Joseph Campbell prioritieslifefirsts 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 egoinspirationalpeople 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 complacencyignorancedoe I think what we lack isn't science, but poetry that reveals what the heart is ready to recognize Joseph Campbell readyheartthinking 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 uniquegivingbelieve 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-lifeiconsrain 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 inspirationalpeoplethinking Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one. Joseph Campbell survivallawfirsts If you follow someone else's way, you are not going to realize your potential. Joseph Campbell hero-journeyrealizingway Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny. Joseph Campbell curseinstrumentsdestiny The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange. Joseph Campbell second-bestmisunderstoodconversation
