Mephistopheles, the machine man, can provide us with all the means, and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as well. But of course the characteristic of Faust, which makes him eligible to be saved, is that he seeks aims that are not those of the machine.
Joseph CampbellSuddenly youโre ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god youโre alive and its spectacular.
Joseph CampbellIt's a shame to waste [the uniqueness that is you], by doing what someone else has done.
Joseph CampbellWhen I was in India I met and conversed briefly with Shri Atmananda Guru of Trivandrum, and the question he gave me to ponder was this: 'Where are you between two thoughts?
Joseph Campbell