Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, April 19, 2013 – Joseph Campbell
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, April 19, 2013 – Joseph Campbell
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
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“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
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“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.”
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“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”
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“Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?”
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“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
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“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.”
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“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.”
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“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”
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“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”
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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
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“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
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“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”
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“When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you’re sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.”
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“Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.”
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“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”
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“It’s only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.”
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“The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for and it’s really a manifestation of his character.”
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“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 what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. That’s what it’s all finally about.”
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“One thing that comes out in myths is that at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.”
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“The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy-not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call “following your bliss.”
Wikipedia: Joseph Campbell
