Joseph Campbell, The Power Of Myth

Quotes

• “Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate...”
• “People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think th...”
• “Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that ...”
• “We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is ...”
• “The demon that you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.”
• “Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.”