Science Quote by Devdutt Pattanaik

“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension... A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a…

— Brian Godawa

“If these out-of date beliefs are to be called myths, then myths can be produced by the same sorts of methods and held for…

— Thomas S. Kuhn

“Religious or secular, all myths make profound sense to one group of people. Not to everyone. They cannot be rationalized beyond a point. In…

— Devdutt Pattanaik

Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers connect with…

— Amish Tripathi

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

— Michael Shermer

One can discern a few very general myths that facilitate the birth of further myths: that everything is possible; that whatever we have failed…

— Mario Bunge

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

— Alan Watts

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.

— Rollo May

“A myth is an unverifiable and typically fantastic story that is nonethless felt to be true and that deal with a theme of some…

— John Bierhorst

There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

— Philipp Meyer

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.

— Joseph Campbell

“Myths are compost. They begin as religions, the most deeply held of beliefs, or as the stories that accrete to religions as they grow.”

— Neil Gaiman