The Power of Myth

by Joseph Campbell

“The secret cause of all suffering,” he said, “is mortality itself, which is the prime condition of life. It cannot be denied if life is to be affirmed.”

Privation and suffering alone open the mind to all that is hidden to others.’ ”

the message that technology is not going to save us. Our computers, our tools, our machines are not enough. We have to rely on our intuition, our true being.”

“That’s not what the hero’s journey is about. It’s not to deny reason. To the contrary, by overcoming the dark passions, the hero symbolizes our ability to control the irrational savage within us.”

And he continued to remind others that one sure path into the world runs along the printed page.