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Joseph Campbell was an American writer, scholar, and mythologist, renowned for his studies of world mythology. His work, 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces', has had a profound impact on modern culture, widely used in literature, film, and psychology fields.

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Famous Joseph Campbell Quotes

“One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment.”

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Book:A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

“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.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“The passage to fulfillment lies between the perils of desire and fear.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“One thing that comes out in myths, for example, is at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“Desire and fear: these are the two emotions by which all life in the world is governed.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“The conquest of the fear of death is the recovery of life's joy. One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life but as an aspect of life.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“We must constantly die one way or another to the selfhood already achieved.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“The best advice is to take it all as if it had been your intention - with that, you evoke the participation of your will.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“Any life career that you choose in following your bliss should be chosen with that sense - that nobody can frighten me off from this thing. And no matter what happens, this is the validation of my life and action.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“The end of the world is not an event to come, it is an event of psychological transformation, of visionary transformation. You see not the world of solid things but a world of radiance.”

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Book:The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth

“In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.”

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Book:A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

“Awe is what moves us forward.”

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Book:A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

“Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.”

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Book:A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

“In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship. You become mature when you become the authority of your own life. Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it. Awe is what moves us forward.”

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Book:A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

“Maslow's five values are the values for which people live when they have nothing to live for. Nothing has seized them, nothing has caught them, nothing has driven them spiritually mad and made them worth talking to.”

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Book:Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation

Source: Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation

“You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.”

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Book:A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

About the Author

Born: March 26, 1904
Died: October 30, 1987
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 134

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The Power of MythRelated source material

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A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of LivingRelated source material

The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & WorkRelated source material

The Masks of God, Volume 1: Primitive MythologyRelated source material

Thou Art That: Transforming Religious MetaphorRelated source material

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