One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that. Joseph Campbell on life
When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. Joseph Campbell on love
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell on marriage
When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. Joseph Campbell on marriage
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. Joseph Campbell on money
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell on nature
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell on relationship
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that. Joseph Campbell on religion
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 on religion
Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. Joseph Campbell on sad
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. Joseph Campbell on work
When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. Joseph Campbell on marriage
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell on marriage
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell on relationships