The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. Joseph Campbell
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
Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. 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
Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. Joseph Campbell
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. Joseph Campbell
I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. 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
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
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. Joseph Campbell
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. Joseph Campbell