Quotes about Inspiration

Our own poor poets, I am afraid, have been so intimidated by our clinics and laboratories that they have abandoned the first principles of beginning, that of the festival; and the heart of the festival has always been the atmosphere of myth, of delight.

Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, the words of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted. JOSEPH CAMPBELL, Esalen, 1983

Follow your bliss.

The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart.

You are braver then you believe, stronger then you seem, and smarter then you think.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

You gave me Christopher Robin, and then You breathed new life in Pooh. Whatever of each has left my pen Goes homing back to you. My book is ready, and comes to greet The mother it longs to see -- It would be my present to you, my sweet, If it weren't your gift to me.

She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.

To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.