Joseph Campbell Quotes

Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a whole cloth.

You must climb above yourself-up and beyond, until you have even your stars under you.

As far as I'm concerned, the spiritual life is just like any other endeavor-you can succeed or fail. And when the goal is actual evolution beyond ego in an intersubjective context, success or failure is plain for all to see.

The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls, so it is to this we must look to becoming more spiritual, drawing nearer to God, no matter what our human minds and bodies go through.

After one arrives at the summit, after going through the total transformation of being...there is yet one more step to the completion of that journey: the return to the valley below, to the everyday world. Who it is that returns is not who began the climb in the first place. The being that comes back is quietness itself, is compassion and wisdom, is the truth of the ages. Whatever humble or elevated position that being holds within the community, he or she becomes a light for others on the way a statement of the freedom that comes from having touched the top of the mountain.

Those to whom worshiping is a window, to open but also to shut, have not yet visited the house of their souls whose windows are open from dawn to dawn.

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

The spiritual journey has to do with learning to think more deeply and take as long a time as we need. That's the path to wisdom.

Even if this earth is only a vestibule, we ought undoubtedly to make such a use of its blessing that we are assisted rather than delayed in our journey.

Most people are either awakened to or are strengthened in their spiritual journey by experiences in the natural world.

Poetry for me has been a long pilgrimage, a journey and a growing relationship with the unknown.

The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.

On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight.

Jon passes from Darkness to Light.

I want my work to create space where people can meet God, rather than give them something they can "apply" to their daily life.

I sing the progress of a deathless soul.

Above all do not give yourself airs. Breaking the moment of past habits is the challenge here: In the life of the spirit you are always at the beginning.

There's nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth.

Whether you’re checked in or checked out, you’re always on a spiritual journey.

The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls of your life are each doorways to awareness. Each offers you an opportunity to see beyond the illusion that serves as the balancing and growth of your soul.

At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. That really comes from my relationship with Islam because it just makes me really conscious of my action.

Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.

Spiritually, it's always there. It gets better and better all the time. One of these days I'll just finally release all that out.

Faith shows us that we are never alone. Transformation helps us to love the mystery.

The path to God is rarely a steady climb upward. We climb, we fall back, and we climb higher again.