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Quote by Joseph Campbell
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when underst

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. – Joseph Campbell

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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. – Joseph Campbell

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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. – Joseph Campbell

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When people get married because they think its a long-time love affair, theyll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. – Joseph Campbell

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As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. – Christopher Dawson

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I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. – Peter Jennings

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Just as the Russians and the Soviets didnt manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared. – Jeane Kirkpatrick

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Religion doesnt play any part in my life in terms of how I live my life. But I dont think Ive ever gone through a day in my life without hearing someone say the word Jew or saying it myself. – Larry David

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