"It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure."
― Joseph Campbell
Topic(s):
Life
More From Joseph Campbell
- "I think the person who takes a job in order to live – that is to say, for the money – has turned himself into a slave."
- "I don’t have to have faith, I have experience."
- "When people get married because they think it’s a long-time love affair, they’ll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity."
More In Life
- "Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul."― Rebecca West
- "Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed."― Wayne Dyer
- "Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle."― Jack Paar