Mythological symbols touch and exhilarate centers of life beyond the reach of vocabularies of reason and coercion.
Joseph CampbellQuesting... is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.
Joseph CampbellThe big problem of any young person's life is to have models to suggest possibilities. Nietzsche says, 'Man is the sick animal.' Man is the animal that doesn't know what to do with itself. The mind has many possibilities, but we can live no more than one life. What are we going to do with ourselves?
Joseph Campbell[T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. (16)
Joseph Campbell