I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life … - Joseph Campbell

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I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

Joseph Campbell

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Joseph Campbell (26 March 1904 – 30 October 1987) was an American professor, writer, and orator most famous for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion.

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Birth Name: Joseph John Campbell Smith

Alternative Names: Joseph John Campbell • Joseph Cambell

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They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If there is a path it is someone else's path and you are not on the adventure.

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