Joseph Campbell

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”

“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”

“God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.”

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

“When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.”

“I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”

“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.”