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All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be. So if you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it. And that no one can do who has not himself learned

All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be. So if you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it. And that no one can do who has not himself learned how to live in it in the joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy of the knowledge of life as it is.

Joseph Campbell
Evil, Joy, Sorrow
"Myths to Live By".

It's only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.

Joseph Campbell
Kings, Men, Evil
"Maurice Sendak: "Where the Wild Things Are"". "Now" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. March 12, 2004.

The process of nature cannot be evil.

Joseph Campbell
Evil, Process
Joseph Campbell (2010). “Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor”, p.23, ReadHowYouWant.com

Every act has both good and evil results. The best we can do is lean to the light.

Joseph Campbell
Light, Evil, Results

You yourself are participating in the evil, or you are not alive. Whatever you do is evil for somebody. This is one of the ironies of the whole creation.

Joseph Campbell
Evil, Alive, Irony
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.80, Anchor

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