"A hero is someone who has given..." - Quote by Joseph Campbell
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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“We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.”
“When you are in accord with nature, nature will yield its bounty. This is something that is coming up in our own consciousness now...recognizi ng that by violating the environment in which we are living, we are really cutting off the energy and source of our own living. And it’s this sense of accord, so that living properly in relation to what has to be done in this world one fosters the vitality of the environment.”
“You don't ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what you mean. You enjoy it.”
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“Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues”
“It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.”
“The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly, and, as it were, merrily, he advancesto his own music, alike in frightful alarms and in the tipsy mirth of universal dissoluteness.”
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“In fact, other people create for lack of power. I, on the other hand, do not need a work: I live.”
“It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave.”
“Your job is to give people a reason to keep reading.”