Joseph Campbell Quotes

I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate.

Everyone is different, and each has to create his or her own path, irrespective of who their parents are.

Every one of them is different. In fact, brains are like faces in that no two are ever alike.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it.

Each individual's way is going to be different. Never follow anybody. That is the greatest calamity that can happen to a man. Once you start following somebody else, you become a carbon copy. You become an imitation.

The sense of community does not arise out of collective movement, nor from conforming to some group direction. Quite the contrary. Each individual tends to use the opportunity to become all that he or she can become. Separateness and diversity - the uniqueness of being "me" - are experienced

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

It's been helpful to have so many opportunities to look different so people stop pigeonholing you.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.

I think everyone has been different once in their life.

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.

Everyone's journey is completely different.

Everyone has their own different life experiences which make them who they are. No two people's life experiences are the same. And mine are just unique to me.

I realize how unique my path has been. And I'm thankful for that.

Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.

I pay for what I call eccentricity and my will to evolve.

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit.

There's not a blueprint for me to follow.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.