Poems List
If you have the guts to follow the risk, however, life opens, opens, opens up all along the line.
It’s characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course, the majority is always wrong.
Marriage is not a simple love affair, it’s an ordeal, and the ordeal is the sacrifice of ego to a relationship in which two have become one.
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.
One of our problems today is that we are not well acquainted with the literature of the spirit. We’re interested in the news of the day and the problems of the hour.
The function of the society is to cultivate the individual. It is not the function of the individual to support society.
The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure.
The mind of man, cleansed of secondary and merely temporal concerns, beholds with the radiance of a cleansed mirror a reflection of the rational mind of God.
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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Joseph Campbell dedicated his life to the study of myths and their significance in human culture. His extensive research led him to identify common patterns and themes across diverse mythologies, which he articulated in his monomyth theory. This theory posits that many myths share a fundamental structure, revolving around a hero who embarks on an adventure, faces a decisive crisis, and returns transformed. Campbell's work, particularly 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces', has inspired countless creators, including filmmakers like George Lucas, who cited it as a major influence on 'Star Wars'. Campbell was also a popular lecturer and television personality, making complex mythological concepts accessible to a broad audience.