“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”
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American mythologist, writer and lecturer 1904–1987Related quotes
“*Only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.”
Source: Mind Is a Myth
Source: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 514
Context: A man can reach the roof of a house by stone stairs or a ladder or a rope-ladder or a rope or even by a bamboo pole. But he cannot reach the roof if he sets foot now on one and now on another. He should firmly follow one path. Likewise, in order to realize God a man must follow one path with all his strength. But you must regard other views as so many paths leading to God. You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn't bear malice toward others.
“Getting lost along your path is a part of finding the path you are meant to be on.”
Source: The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.”
Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear