The Hero with a Thousand Faces Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes

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Quote #4

It is remarkable that in this dream the basic outline of the universal mythological formula of the adventure of the hero is reproduced, to the detail. These deeply significant motifs of the perils, obstacles, and good fortunes of the way, we shall find inflected through the following pages in a hundred forms. (20.2)

This is a subtle way of equating knowledge with universal appearance. In other words, if these symbols and ideas show up over and over again in many different forms, they must how some significance worth paying attention to.

Quote #5

Like happy families, the myths and the worlds redeemed are all alike. (28.1)

That's it in a nutshell: all the wisdom of the universe contained in one sentence.

Quote #6

We shall have only to follow, therefore, a multitude of heroic figures through the classic stages of the universal adventure in order to see again what has always been revealed. This will help us to understand not only the meaning of those images for contemporary life, but also the singleness of the human spirit in its aspirations, powers, vicissitudes, and wisdom.

Campbell is back to the notion of what symbols represent. They're not ends unto themselves, but instead they show us what really matters.