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What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experie
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"What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else"

- Joseph Campbell

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This quote by Joseph Campbell talks to the concept that everyone's life is unique and that all of us have the possible to experience something that no one else has actually ever experienced. He is recommending that the most significant experiences in life are not discovered in material ownerships or in the real world, however rather in the capacity of our own special experiences. He is motivating us to explore our own capacity and to seek out experiences that are meaningful to us, even if they have never been experienced by anybody else. This quote is a suggestion that life has lots of possibilities and that we must strive to make the most of our own capacity.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Joseph Campbell between March 26, 1904 and October 31, 1987. He/she was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 27 other quotes.

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