“Come to think of it, I am more than a little tired of hearing about how the Jews ‘stole’ land from Arabs in Palestine. The facts are quite different. A lot of good money changed hands, and a lot of Arabs became very rich indeed.”
― My Life
― My Life
“In the absence of an effective general mythology, each of us has his private, unrecognized, rudimentary, yet secretly potent pantheon of dream.”
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
― The Hero with a Thousand Faces
“Whole branches of Judaism may wither and fall, but the trunk remains,”
― A Jewish State, an Attempt at a Modern Solution of the Jewish Question
― A Jewish State, an Attempt at a Modern Solution of the Jewish Question
“If a bird believes it is an eagle long enough, it will eventually end up soaring like one.”
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“Mythologies are in fact the public dreams that move and shape societies, and conversely one’s own dreams are the little myths of the private gods, antigods, and guardian powers that are moving and shaping oneself: revelations of the actual fears, desires, aims, and values by which one’s life is subliminally ordered.”
― The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
― The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
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