Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Joseph Campbell Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Mar 26, 1904
  • Died: Oct 30, 1987

Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. dreams

Computers are like Old Testament gods lots of rules and no mercy. computers

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. life

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

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

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. life

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

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. money & work

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

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

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

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. life & nature

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself. life

Love is a friendship set to music. friendship, love & music

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. sadness

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

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

I don't have to have faith, I have experience. experience & faith

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill