Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true… — J.R.R. Tolkien
In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life,… — E. M. Forster
Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science, it is killed. — Joseph Campbell
Well, it's like that myth about the hero. He made wings out of wax so he could fly, but when he got too close to… — Hiromu Arakawa
The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by… — C.S. Lewis
This is our dilemma--either to taste and not to know or to know and not to taste--or, more strictly, to lack one kind of knowledge… — C.S. Lewis
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost… — Bertrand Russell
At all ages, if [fantasy and myth] is used well by the author and meets the right reader, it has the same power: to generalize… — C.S. Lewis
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. — Unknown Author
The rise and fall of civilizations in the long, broad course of history can be seen to have been largely a function of the integrity… — Joseph Campbell
A glorious place, a glorious age, I tell you! A very Neon renaissance - And the myths that actually touched you at that time -… — Tom Wolfe
This is the mythosphere. It's made up of all the stories, theories and beliefs, legends, myths and hopes, that are generated here on Earth. As… — Diana Wynne Jones
Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us the same way as the others, but with this tremendous… — C.S. Lewis
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others. — Oscar Wilde
I could scream down 90 mountains to less than dust if only one living human had eyes in the head and heart in the body,… — Charles Bukowski
Now is the time to become a myth. — Diane von Furstenberg
Even revolution, which transforms a concrete situation of oppression by establishing the process of liberation, must confront this phenomenon. Many of the oppressed who directly… — Paulo Freire
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten… — Robert Jordan
Our country is the best country in the world. We are swimming in prosperity and our President is the best president in the world. We… — John Cheever
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… — Michael Ende
Love is a myth.' 'Love is a myth,' Grandfather Trout said. 'Like summer.' 'What?' 'In winter,'Grandfather Trout said, 'summer is a myth. A report, a… — John Crowley
I remembered my New Orleans days, living on two five-cent candy bars a day for weeks at a time in order to have leisure to… — Charles Bukowski
The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he… — Frank Herbert
Myth is what we call other people's religion. — Joseph Campbell
When I write I am trying to express my way of being in the world. This is primarily a process of elimination: once you have… — Zadie Smith

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