Joseph Campbell

It may be a species of impudence to think that the way you understand God is the way God is. (60). ↗

— Joseph Campbell

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I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#life

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

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #philosophy #spirituality #art

The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#beauty

When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111) ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #spiritual-experience #spirituality #translation #art

Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular misunderstanding of mythology. (8) ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#religion #art

Marriage . . . is not a love affair; it is an ordeal. (92) ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#marriage #art

Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#love #tales-of-love-and-marriage #life

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

— Joseph Campbell

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

— Joseph Campbell

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