No tribal rite has yet been recorded which attempts to keep winter from descending; on the contrary: the rites all prepare the community to endure, together with the rest of nature, the season of the terrible cold.
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When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Following your true path leads to unique opportunities that may not be available to others.
This quote by Joseph Campbell emphasizes the power of pursuing one's authentic journey. When individuals follow their passion and purpose, they may encounter opportunities and advantages that are not available to those who are not aligned with their true calling, suggesting that personal authenticity can attract favorable circumstances.
Themes
PathOpportunitiesAuthenticityJourneyDoors
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire individuals to pursue their ventures.
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All quotes →Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half contends that they are not facts at all. As a result we have people who consider themselves believers because they accept metaphors as facts, and we have others who classify themselves as atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies.
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Christianity isn’t moving people’s lives today. What’s moving people’s lives is the stock market and the baseball scores. What are people excited about? It’s a totally materialistic level that has taken over the world. There isn’t even an ideal that anybody’s fighting for.
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end. The exclusivism of there being only one way in which we can be saved, the idea that there is a single religious group that is in sole possession of the truth—that is the world as we know it that must pass away. What is the kingdom? It lies in our realization of the ubiquity of the divine presence in our neighbors, in our enemies, in all of us.
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The demon that you can swallow gives you it’s power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.
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And if there was no Fall, what then of the need for Redemption? What god was offended and by whom? Some especially touchy cave bear whose skull had been improperly enshrined?
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