Quotes from Tobi
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Joseph Campbell

1904 - 1987

Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and religion. He is renowned for his book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," in which he introduced the concept of the hero's journey, a recurring narrative structure found in myths and stories from cultures around the world.

  1. It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life.

    Joseph Campbell
    #abyss#recovery#life

  2. We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. -

    Joseph Campbell
    #change#growth#transformation

  3. Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.

    Joseph Campbell
    #life#meaning#existence

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

    Joseph Campbell
    #hero#sacrifice#purpose

  5. The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

    Joseph Campbell
    #privilege#identity#authenticity

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

    Joseph Campbell
    #life#experience#meaning

  7. When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

    Joseph CampbellThe Power of Myth, p. 134, 1988
    #sacrifice#unity#relationship

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

    Joseph Campbell
    #joy#pain#healing

  9. God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

    Joseph CampbellCampbell and God as Metaphor, 2017
    #god#transcendence#simplicity

  10. 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 CampbellA Teacher of Legends Becomes One Himself, The New York Times, December 10, 1988
    #work#freedom#autonomy

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

    Joseph CampbellA Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living, 1991
    #life#acceptance#change

  12. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

    Joseph CampbellThe Hero with a Thousand Faces, 1949
    #heroism#belief#inspiration

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

    Joseph Campbell
    #path#individuality#exploration