Joseph Campbell Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Joseph Campbell quotes, Joseph Campbell sayings, and Joseph Campbell proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

As you proceed through life, following your own path, birds will shit on you. Don't bother to brush it off. Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spiritual distance. Having a sense of humor saves you. Joseph Campbell
We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. Joseph Campbell
Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement. Joseph Campbell
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Joseph Campbell
Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself. Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be. Joseph Campbell
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. Joseph Campbell
Find a place where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
What each must seek in his life was never 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
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. Joseph Campbell
Your bliss can guide you to that transcendent mystery, because bliss is the welling up of the energy of the transcendent wisdom within you. Joseph Campbell
But I do know what bliss is: that deep sense of being present, of doing what you absolutely must do to be yourself. Joseph Campbell
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Joseph Campbell
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes. Joseph Campbell
Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer. Joseph Campbell
When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. Joseph Campbell
The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others. Joseph Campbell
The perfect human being is uninteresting the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. Joseph Campbell
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. Joseph Campbell
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell
The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves. Joseph Campbell
If you realize what the real problem is – losing yourself – you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial. Joseph Campbell
We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's footsteps. Each of us has to find his own way. Joseph Campbell