The two greatest works of war mythology in the west ... are the Iliad and the Old Testament... When we turn from the Iliad and Athens to Jerusalem and the Old Testament we find a single-minded single deity with his sympathies forever on one side. And the enemy, accordingly, no matter who it may be, is handled... pretty much as though he were subhuman: not a "Thou" but an "It."
Joseph CampbellWhen you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
Joseph CampbellEvery people is a chosen people in its own mind. And it is rather amusing that their name for themselves usually means mankind.
Joseph Campbell