"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 ...












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

More Joseph Campbell quotes
"Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
"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...
"If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be ...
"When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
"Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
"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 ...
"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.
"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...
"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 a...
"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...
"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 ...
"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...
"In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.