Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbellwas an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 March 1904
CountryUnited States of America
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Smiths' share price targets range from down 4 percent to 20 gain, highlighting a debate about what Smiths should be worth.
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However, if we are wrong and there is a strike, we would expect BA shares to trade down by $2 to $4 per share and we would consider that a buying opportunity.
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In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.
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Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
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When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It's a mess. It has always been a mess. We're not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
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We have to permit go with the everyday living we had prepared so as to have the lifetime that's watching for us
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And then he says, "The writer must be true to truth." And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe a human being truly is by describing his imperfections. The perfect human being is uninteresting - the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. And when the writer sends a dart of the true word, it hurts. But it goes with love. This is what Mann called "erotic irony," the love for that which you are killing with your cruel, analytical word.
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Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream.
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The perfect human being is uninteresting-the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable.
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The perfect human being is uninteresting.
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Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something up. The earth must be broken to bring forth life. If the seed does not die there is no plant. Bread results from the death of wheat. Life lives on lives. Our own life lives on the acts of other people. If you are lifeworthy, you can take it.
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When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else.
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A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the depth wisdom of the psyche, by participating in a ritual, participating in the myth, you are being, as it were, put in accord with that wisdom, which is the wisdom that is inherent within you anyhow. Your consciousness is being re-minded of the wisdom of your own life.
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You know, when real trouble comes your humanity is awakened. The fundamental human experience is that of compassion.