Nature of man Quote by FastReads

“Large numbers of strangers can cooperate successfully by believing in common myths. Any”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Since large-scale human cooperation is based on myths, the way people cooperate can be altered by changing the myths – by telling different stories.…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Myths may not satisfy the demands of rationality or science, but they contain profound wisdom - provided one believes they do and is willing…

— Devdutt Pattanaik

“how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations, or limited liability companies? Yet when it succeeds, it…

— Yuval Noah Harari

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

“Any large-scale human cooperation - whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe - is rooted in common…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will look beyond…

— Aprilynne Pike

“We will go on producing myths, ways of explaining ourselves to ourselves but, like everything else about us, they are in constant transition and…

— Richard Holloway

“you cannot organise masses of people effectively without relying on some fictional myths.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

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

— Joseph Campbell

“Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary. They have to do with the way we interpret the world and…

— Jo Walton

Myths give us our sense of personal identity, answering the question, 'Who am I?'

— Rollo May