Believe Quote by Harold Bloom

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

— Barbra Streisand

“For most of human history, myths have survived through changing times because they did not demand to be seen as a literal retelling of…

— Jonah Sachs

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

Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I fear that we shall close an important door to…

— James Christensen

Myths are, in fact...neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world and our…

— Stephen H. Furrer

Myths are so intimately bound to culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation through the…

— Joseph Campbell

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

— Michael Shermer

“At critical moments in the life of individuals and of societies, it is not necessarily the facts that are needed as much as a…

— Michael Meade

“This is the myth of the Dark Ages, the idea that history and progress pretty much stopped for a millennium after the fall of…

— Ehsan Masood

It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.

— Greil Marcus

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

— George Orwell

“People didn't realize it, but they needed myths to survive, just as much now as when their forebears were alive. Perhaps more. Mythology embodied…

— Charles de Lint