Facts about Joseph Campbell

Occup.Author
FromUSA
BornMarch 26, 1904
DiedOctober 31, 1987
Aged83 years

Summary

Joseph Campbell was a famous Author from USA, who lived between March 26, 1904 and October 31, 1987. He/she became 83 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aries, who is known for Active, Demanding, Determined, Effective, Ambitious. Our collection contains 28 quotes who is written / told by Joseph, under the main topics: Work - Computers.

Related authors: Sam Keen (Author)

28 Famous quotes by Joseph Campbell

Small: Love is a friendship set to music
"Love is a friendship set to music"
Small: Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choos
"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy"
Small: Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging
"Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging"
Small: One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemp
"One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that"
Small: Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths
"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths"
Small: The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are"
Small: The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Na
"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature"
Small: The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure
"The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure"
Small: Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to
"Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning"
Small: It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies
"It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure"
Small: Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make
"Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?"
Small: I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himsel
"I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave"
Small: I dont have to have faith, I have experience
"I don't have to have faith, I have experience"
Small: I dont believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experienc
"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive"
Small: God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. Its as simple as that
"God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that"
Small: Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls
"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls"
Small: Find a place inside where theres joy, and the joy will burn out the pain
"Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain"
Small: Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets
"Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble"
Small: Computers are like Old Testament gods lots of rules and no mercy
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy"
Small: Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again
"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again"
Small: Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself
"Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself"
Small: When you make the sacrifice in marriage, youre sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relation
"When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship"
Small: When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroi
"When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness"
Small: When people get married because they think its a long-time love affair, theyll be divorced very soon, b
"When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity"
Small: What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potenti
"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"
Small: Were so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the
"We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about"
Small: We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us
"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us"
Small: A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself"