Joseph Campbell: When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves...

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell

The best cure for our own self-inflicted suffering is often service to others.
- jlh

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Further reading: Gifts freely given are never obligations - jlh

Offering Comforting Words and Support ... Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. - St. Francis of Assisi

Bono Quotes - the Wisdom of Bono

A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or something other than himself. - Joseph Campbell