Behavior Quote by John Boorman

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 image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

— Alan Watts

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

— Michael Shermer

I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad sense, there…

— Lewis Hyde

Important thing about myth is that it's not just something that you believe, a myth is essentially a program for action. And unless you…

— Karen Armstrong

Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the rationale for…

— Sam Keen

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.

— Paul Ricoeur

“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

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the…

— Baz Luhrmann

A myth is something that never was but that is always happening.

— Jean Houston

“myth” in this strict sense is a story that purports to be in some sense “historical” and that encapsulates and reinforces the strongly held…

— N.T. Wright

“Scholars have produced as many definitions of myth as there are myths themselves. This book will discuss various definitions of myth as it goes…

— Helen Morales