What is a god? A god is a personification of a motivating power of a value system that functions in human life and in the universe.
Joseph CampbellThe principle of compassion is that which converts disillusionment into a participatory companionship. This is the basic love, the charity, that turns a critic into a living human being who has something to give to - as well as to demand of - the world.
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 CampbellPreachers err by trying to talk people into belief; better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery.
Joseph Campbell