--- title: "Inspiring Myth Proverbs" description: "Browse 2,141 Myth quotes by 1,489 authors. Discover the best Myth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/erik-hassle-47560_easy_i-think-touring-in-america-lives-up-to-t_1215643.jpg" --- > [I think touring in America lives up to the myth, in all ways of what touring is. So many pretty cities, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-hassle/i-think-touring-in-america-lives-up-to-the-myth-in-all-ways-of-what/) [Erik Hassle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-hassle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/erik-hassle-47560_easy_i-think-touring-in-america-lives-up-to-t_1215643.jpg) > [It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/it-helps-to-regard-soul-as-an-active-intelligence-forming-and/) [James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/james-hillman-2336_active_it-helps-to-regard-soul-as-an-active-int_1481672.jpg) > [Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as the ambition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-baggini/real-life-is-about-accepting-ups-and-downs-the-good-and-the-bad-the/) [Julian Baggini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-baggini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/julian-baggini-3081_accepting_real-life-is-about-accepting-ups-and-dow_272350.png) > [Why are so many of us enspelled by myths and folk stories in this modern age? Why do we continue to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-windling/why-are-so-many-of-us-enspelled-by-myths-and-folk-stories-in-this/) [Terri Windling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-windling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/terri-windling-8504_age_why-are-so-many-of-us-enspelled-by-myths_2038682.png) > [Freud becomes one of the dramatis personae, in fact, as discoverer of the great and beautiful modern myth of psychoanalysis. By myth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-m-thomas-2/freud-becomes-one-of-the-dramatis-personae-in-fact-as-discoverer-of/) [D. M. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-m-thomas-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/d-m-thomas-2-86985_beautiful_freud-becomes-one-of-the-dramatis-person_823436.jpg) > [Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/moscow-rome-london-paris-stay-in-place-leningrad-and-new-york-float/) [Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/nina-berberova-25943_cities_moscow-rome-london-paris-stay-in-place-l_100586.jpg) > [ In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but \[in India\] the retreat is from the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/in-europe-life-retreats-out-of-the-cold-and-exquisite-fireside-myths/) [E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/e-m-forster-1118_august_in-europe-life-retreats-out-of-the-cold_1674386.jpg) > [I don't know how you perceive my mission as a writer, but for me it is not a responsibility to reaffirm your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/i-don-t-know-how-you-perceive-my-mission-as-a-writer-but-for-me-it-is/) [Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/harlan-ellison-2133_different_i-don-t-know-how-you-perceive-my-mission_903810.jpg) > [It seems far simpler to go ahead and say that the epic is a fantastic myth, that happens to be true of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-goodenough/it-seems-far-simpler-to-go-ahead-and-say-that-the-epic-is-a-fantastic/) [Ursula Goodenough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-goodenough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/ursula-goodenough-28376_being-true_it-seems-far-simpler-to-go-ahead-and-say_2379283.png) > [That image of the common drunk is a myth. There is a thing called a maintenance drinker which may very well be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-anderson/that-image-of-the-common-drunk-is-a-myth-there-is-a-thing-called-a/) [Lisa Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/lisa-anderson-71301_association_that-image-of-the-common-drunk-is-a-myth_322123.png) > [Because so many poets have chosen a political idiom right now in the US and so many poets have assigned value and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-biespiel/because-so-many-poets-have-chosen-a-political-idiom-right-now-in-the/) [David Biespiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-biespiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/david-biespiel-36419_chosen_because-so-many-poets-have-chosen-a-poli_69747.jpg) > [“We know that there are many animals on this continent not found in the Old World. These must have been carried from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/we-know-that-there-are-many-animals-on-this-continent-not-found-in/) [Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/robert-g-ingersoll-4527_absurdity_we-know-that-there-are-many-animals-on-t_2514984.jpg) > [How did you learn all this?" Vic sighed. "See, while you spend all your time making out with Balthazar, and Raquel stays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-gray/how-did-you-learn-all-this-vic-sighed-see-while-you-spend-all-your/) [Claudia Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/claudia-gray-2020_able_how-did-you-learn-all-this-vic-sighed-se_2929939.jpg) > [It is emphatically the case that life could not arise spontaneously in a primeval soup of any kind… Furthermore, no geological evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/it-is-emphatically-the-case-that-life-could-not-arise-spontaneously-2/) [Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/fred-hoyle-11367_arise_it-is-emphatically-the-case-that-life-co_1879913.jpg) > [I think a lot of kids do dream in their own way, except 25, 30 years later legend happens because some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-friday/i-think-a-lot-of-kids-do-dream-in-their-own-way-except-25-30-years/) [Gavin Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-friday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/gavin-friday-15995_dream_i-think-a-lot-of-kids-do-dream-in-their_803914.jpg) > [What will happen when my heart stops beating?" Momo asked. When that moment comes," said the professor, "time will stop for you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ende/what-will-happen-when-my-heart-stops-beating-momo-asked-when-that/) [Michael Ende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/michael-ende-2862_day-and-night_what-will-happen-when-my-heart-stops-bea_2502341.jpg) > [“The function of ritual and myth is to make possible, and then to facilitate, the jump—by analogy. Forms and conceptions that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-function-of-ritual-and-myth-is-to-make-possible-and-then-to/) [Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/joseph-campbell-300_left-alone_the-function-of-ritual-and-myth-is-to-ma_1130398.jpg) > [I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/i-m-not-certain-that-i-draw-from-any-one-culture-more-than-others/) [Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/robert-jordan-438_behave_i-m-not-certain-that-i-draw-from-any-one_1153403.jpg) > [“Know, child, that the One God—He is so vast that He cannot be moved, else the Universe falls. Nor can He answer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/know-child-that-the-one-god-he-is-so-vast-that-he-cannot-be-moved/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/vera-nazarian-1671_act_know-child-that-the-one-god-he-is-so-vas_1152205.png) > [Indians have no monopoly on environmentalism. That's one of the great myths. But we were subsistence livers. They're two different things. Environmentalism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/indians-have-no-monopoly-on-environmentalism-that-s-one-of-the-great/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/sherman-alexie-444_absence_indians-have-no-monopoly-on-environmenta_1832455.jpg) > [“The ancient paused for a moment, as if his strength were failing. Yet I sensed that there was more to tell. Looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahir-shah/the-ancient-paused-for-a-moment-as-if-his-strength-were-failing-yet-i/) [Tahir Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahir-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/tahir-shah-3083_africa_the-ancient-paused-for-a-moment-as-if-hi_1102428.jpg) ## Top authors on Myth - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-campbell-53286.jpg) Joseph Campbell 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/joseph-campbell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-armstrong-55066.jpg) Karen Armstrong 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/karen-armstrong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rollo-may-80838.jpg) Rollo May 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/rollo-may/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-naomi-wolf-70185.jpg) Naomi Wolf 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/naomi-wolf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-ursula-k-le-guin-92948.jpg) Ursula K. 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There is a thing called a maintenance drinker which may very well be a mother of four, a welder or a distinguished business person. 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These must have been carried from here to the ark, and then brought back afterwards. Were the peccary, armadillo, ant-eater, sloth, agouti, vampire-bat, marmoset, howling and prehensile-tailed monkey, the raccoon and muskrat carried by the angels from America to Asia? How did they get there? Did the polar bear leave his field of ice and journey toward the tropics? How did he know where the ark was? Did the kangaroo swim or jump from Australia to Asia? Did the giraffe, hippopotamus, antelope and orang-outang journey from Africa in search of the ark? Can absurdities go farther than this?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert G. 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Scientists plan to study my method.\" ~Vic", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Claudia Gray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-gray/how-did-you-learn-all-this-vic-sighed-see-while-you-spend-all-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/claudia-gray-2020_able_how-did-you-learn-all-this-vic-sighed-se_2929939.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/claudia-gray-2020_able_how-did-you-learn-all-this-vic-sighed-se_2929939.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/claudia-gray-2020_able_how-did-you-learn-all-this-vic-sighed-se_2929939.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How did you learn all this?\" Vic sighed. \"See, while you spend all your time making out with Balthazar, and…” — Claudia Gray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is emphatically the case that life could not arise spontaneously in a primeval soup of any kind… Furthermore, no geological evidence indicates an organic soup ever existed on this planet. 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So the myth becomes magical. So I tend to sort of see it very practical for me. When I go out for a drink, Bono can buy the pints because he has more money than me. We're the same guys, do you know what I mean.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gavin Friday" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-friday/i-think-a-lot-of-kids-do-dream-in-their-own-way-except-25-30-years/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/gavin-friday-15995_dream_i-think-a-lot-of-kids-do-dream-in-their_803914.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/gavin-friday-15995_dream_i-think-a-lot-of-kids-do-dream-in-their_803914.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/gavin-friday-15995_dream_i-think-a-lot-of-kids-do-dream-in-their_803914.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think a lot of kids do dream in their own way, except 25, 30 years later legend happens because some of us…” — Gavin Friday", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What will happen when my heart stops beating?\" Momo asked. When that moment comes,\" said the professor, \"time will stop for you as well. Or rather, you will retrace your steps through time, through all the days and nights, myths and years of your life, until you go out through the great, round, silver gate you entered by.\" What will I find on the other side?\" The home of the music you've sometimes faintly heard in the distance, but by then you'll be part of it. You yourself will be a note in its mighty harmonies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Ende" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ende/what-will-happen-when-my-heart-stops-beating-momo-asked-when-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/michael-ende-2862_day-and-night_what-will-happen-when-my-heart-stops-bea_2502341.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/michael-ende-2862_day-and-night_what-will-happen-when-my-heart-stops-bea_2502341.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/michael-ende-2862_day-and-night_what-will-happen-when-my-heart-stops-bea_2502341.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What will happen when my heart stops beating?\" Momo asked. When that moment comes,\" said the professor…” — Michael Ende", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The function of ritual and myth is to make possible, and then to facilitate, the jump—by analogy. Forms and conceptions that the mind and its senses can comprehend are presented and arranged in such a way as to suggest a truth or openness beyond. And then, the conditions for meditation having been provided, the individual is left alone. Myth is but the penultimate; the ultimate is openness—that void, or being, beyond the categories —into which the mind must plunge alone and be dissolved. Therefore, God and the gods are only convenient means—themselves of the nature of the world of names and forms, though eloquent of, and ultimately conducive to, the ineffable. They are mere symbols to move and awaken the mind, and to call it past themselves.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Campbell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-function-of-ritual-and-myth-is-to-make-possible-and-then-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/joseph-campbell-300_left-alone_the-function-of-ritual-and-myth-is-to-ma_1130398.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/joseph-campbell-300_left-alone_the-function-of-ritual-and-myth-is-to-ma_1130398.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/joseph-campbell-300_left-alone_the-function-of-ritual-and-myth-is-to-ma_1130398.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The function of ritual and myth is to make possible, and then to facilitate, the jump—by analogy. 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