From Joseph Campbell: “Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”
Author Archives: Kevin Warstadt
Quote of the day 09/29/23
From Joseph Campbell: “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
Quote of the day 09/28/23
From Joseph Campbell: “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
Great Work Wednesday
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of the most incredible things I’ve ever read. It’s massive, sprawling, and comprehensive in its coverage of roughly 1300 years of history. The name is somewhat deceptive. It isn’t just a history of theContinue reading “Great Work Wednesday”
Quote of the day 09/27/23
From Joseph Campbell: “When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”
Quote of the day 09/26/23
From Joseph Campbell: “We must let go of the life we have planned so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
Quote of the day 09/25/23
From Aristotle: “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
Quote of the day 09/24/23
From Plato: “Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”
Quote of the day 09/23/23
From Plato: “Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself.”
Quote of the day 09/22/23
From Plato: “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”