"The images of Myth are reflections of Spiritual and Depth potentialities of every one of us. Through contemplating those we evoke those powers in our ...

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
~ Joseph Campbell ~












More Joseph Campbell quotes
"A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the dep...
"I would say that all our sciences are the material that has to be mythologized. A mythology gives spiritual import - what one might call rather the ps...
"Mythology is composed by poets out of their insights and realizations. Mythologies are not invented they are found. You can no more tell us what your ...
"in America we have people from all kinds of backgrounds, all in a cluster, together, and consequently law has become very important in this country. L...
"Thinking in mythological terms helps to put you in accord with the inevitables of this vale of tears. You learn to recognize the positive values in wh...
"Myth is what we call other people's religion.
"What we're learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we're getting information. There's a curious reluctance on ...
"All religions are true but none are literal.
"Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.
"In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.You become mature when you become t...
"You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.
"In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.
"One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment.
"Awe is what moves us forward.