Eternity isn't some later time. Eternity isn't a long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is that dimension of here and now which thinking and time cuts out. This is it. And if you don't get it here, you won't get it anywhere. And the experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life.
Joseph CampbellEconomics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy.
Joseph CampbellIt may be a species of impudence to think that the way you understand God is the way God is. (60).
Joseph CampbellHow teach again, however, what has been taught correctly and incorrectly learned a thousand thousand times, throughout the millenniums of mankind's prudent folly? That is the hero's ultimate difficult task.
Joseph Campbell