The departure from the world is regarded not as a fault, but as the first step into that noble path at the remotest turn of which illumination is to be won. Joseph Campbell More Quotes by Joseph Campbell More Quotes From Joseph Campbell Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss. Joseph Campbell bliss lifestyle poet In the Orient the ultimate divine mystery is sought beyond all human categories of thought and feeling, beyond names and forms, and absolutely beyond any such concept as of a merciful or wrathful personality, chooser of one people over another, comforter of folk who pray, and destroyer of those who do not. Such anthropomorphic attributions of human sentiments and thoughts to a mystery beyond thought is-from the point of view of Indian thought-a style of religion for children. Joseph Campbell views names children Follow your inner heart and the world moves in and helps. Joseph Campbell heart world moving Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be. Joseph Campbell outcomes exciting knows When people find out what it is that's ticking in them, they get straightened out. Joseph Campbell people 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 ecstasy release quests If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path. Joseph Campbell inspiring inspirational life God is an intelligible sphere-a sphere known to mind, not to the senses-whose center is everywhere and whose circumference nowhere. Joseph Campbell spheres senses mind The function of the society is to cultivate the individual. It is not the function of the individual to support society. Joseph Campbell individualism individual support It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. Joseph Campbell encouraging encouragement inspirational When before the beauty of a sunset or a mountain, you pause and exclaim, 'Ah,' you are participating in divinity. Joseph Campbell divinity sunset mountain One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that. Joseph Campbell humanity life way Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that’s what it is. The nature is your nature, and all of these wonderful poetic images of mythology are referring to something in you. When your mind is trapped by the image out there so that you never make the reference to yourself, you have misread the image. Joseph Campbell nature mirrors art Christianity isn’t moving people’s lives today. What’s moving people’s lives is the stock market and the baseball scores. What are people excited about? It’s a totally materialistic level that has taken over the world. There isn’t even an ideal that anybody’s fighting for. Joseph Campbell baseball inspirational moving A woman is a vehicle of life. Life has overtaken her. Woman is what it is all about-the giving of birth and the giving of nourishment. Joseph Campbell women birth giving "Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is." Joseph Campbell faith god inspirational The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves Joseph Campbell education teacher inspirational I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Joseph Campbell money birthday jobs God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, 'Ah! Joseph Campbell positive-thinking garden inspirational When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell anniversary love relationship