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Joseph Campbell Quotes: Mythology is the womb of mankind's initiation to life and death.
         

Mythology is the womb of mankind's initiation to life and death.


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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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Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

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You can't be both a painter and a musician and master anything. You can't. And live a life.

You can't be both a painter and a musician and master anything. You can't. And live a life.



...everyone was right about you- prove them wrong.

...everyone was right about you- prove them wrong.



I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.



Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid.

Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid.



There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."

There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."



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I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.



You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.

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To the stars through difficulties.

To the stars through difficulties.




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