We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.
Joseph CampbellThe schizophrenic is drowning in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight. Edgar Cayce made the same observation in his readings
Joseph CampbellWe have to permit go with the everyday living we had prepared so as to have the lifetime that's watching for us
Joseph CampbellMen sometimes confess they love war because it puts them in touch with the experience of being alive. In going to the office every day, you don't get that experience, but suddenly in war, you are ripped back into being alive. Life is pain; life is suffering; and life is horror - but, by God, you are alive.
Joseph Campbell