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Joseph Campbell Quotes: Mythological symbols touch and exhilarate centers of life beyond the reach of vocabularies of reason and coercion.
         

Mythological symbols touch and exhilarate centers of life beyond the reach of vocabularies of reason and coercion.


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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.



Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.



If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.

If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.



I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.



The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.



Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.



Life is but a mask worn on the face of death. And is death, then, but another mask? 'How many can say,' asks the Aztec poet, 'that there is, or is not, a truth beyond?'

Life is but a mask worn on the face of death. And is death, then, but another mask? 'How many can say,' asks the Aztec poet, 'that there is, or is not, a truth beyond?'



A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.



Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.

Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.



It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.





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Whatever you do in this lifetime, strive to make your parents happy and proud



A woman that knows her worth doesn't measure herself against another woman but stands strong, calmed and self confident.

A woman that knows her worth doesn't measure herself against another woman but stands strong, calmed and self confident.



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Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.



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When I graduated from high school, this is in Los Angeles, I was very interested in taking a trip to Mexico to see the archeological sites. So three other people and myself drove down there.

When I graduated from high school, this is in Los Angeles, I was very interested in taking a trip to Mexico to see the archeological sites. So three other people and myself drove down there.



I don't feel like I have anything to prove, I'm not trying to be like 'this is me'. It's not anything like that, it's just fun songs, throwing my hair around.

I don't feel like I have anything to prove, I'm not trying to be like 'this is me'. It's not anything like that, it's just fun songs, throwing my hair around.



When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.

When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.



We should be breaking down barriers, not building walls.

We should be breaking down barriers, not building walls.



To be with a man who hasn't tried every line, who hasn't broken up with a woman every which way you can break up with them, is kind of nice.

To be with a man who hasn't tried every line, who hasn't broken up with a woman every which way you can break up with them, is kind of nice.




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