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Quotes from The Power of Myth — Joseph Campbell

1904–1987 United States

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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.

The Power of Myth (1988)

People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking.

The Power of Myth (1988)

I think it's important to live life with a knowledge of its mystery, and of your own mystery.

The Power of Myth (1988)

It's a wonderful, wonderful opera, except that it hurts.

The Power of Myth (1988)

We are standing on a whale fishing for minnows.

The Power of Myth (1988)

Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.

The Power of Myth (1988)

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

The Power of Myth (1988)

The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.

The Power of Myth (1988)

I have bought this wonderful machine- a computer. Now I am rather an authority on gods, so I identified the machine- it seems to me to be an Old Testament god with a lot of rules and no mercy.

The Power of Myth (1988)

This thing up here, this consciousness, thinks it's running the shop. It's a secondary organ. It's a secondary organ of a total human being, and it must not put itself in control. It must submit and serve the humanity of the body.

The Power of Myth (1988)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Campbell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.