Balls Quote by Humphrey Carpenter

“You call a tree a tree, he said, and you think nothing more of the word. But it was not a 'tree' until someone…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such…

— John Frederick Nims

Some truths are expressed best in the form of myth.

— Ransom Riggs

The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns.

— David Mitchell

We create truths by describing, or by re-describing , our beliefs and observations. Our task, and the task of every artist and scientist, is…

— Anne Bogart

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

— Brian Godawa

A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of…

— Christopher Vogler

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

— C. S. Lewis

Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.

— Ananda Coomaraswamy

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

— Rollo May

Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter.

— Maya Deren