What am I? Am I the bulb that carries the light, or am I the light of which the bulb is a vehicle? - Joseph Campbell

He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty, and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable. Then he finds that he and his opposite are not of differing species, but one flesh

If you travel far enough, you'll eventually meet yourself.

CAMPBELL: I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and yourself participating in a poem is what the myth does for you.