Myths Quotes

337 quotes by 276 authors

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. — Margaret Atwood
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. — Ansel Adams
Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from… — Lionel Blue
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you. — Ray Bradbury
Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment. — William J. Brennan
Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in. — Jeff Bridges
I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there. — Madeleine Albright
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. — Joseph Campbell
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself,… — Jean Cocteau
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are… — Thomas Aquinas
Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not. — Richard Dawkins
When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul,… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The scientific doctrine of progress is destined to replace not only the myth of progress, but all other myths of human earthly destiny. It will… — Julian Huxley
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people… — James A. Baldwin
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom overweening ambition is… — John C. Wright
When you look at that nature world it becomes an icon, it becomes a holy picture that speaks of the origins of the world. Almost… — Joseph Campbell
The first part of the spiritual journey should properly be called psychological rather than spiritual because it involves peeling away the myths and illusions that… — Sam Keen
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it… — Angela Carter
Myths and science fulfill a similar function: they both provide human beings with a representation of the world and of the forces that are supposed… — Francois Jacob
Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention of experiments, but… — Karl Popper

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