History Quote by Jonah Sachs

“A myth has been well described as something that in some sense happened once—but that also happens all the time. It is about timeless,…

— Karen Armstrong

“Myths have always been archetypal realities, that through history or legend, remind the human being of his origin, his destiny, and the meaning of…

— Javier Cazañ

“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

“History is often made and buttressed by myths and folklore rather than facts.”

— Daikichi Irokawa

“Myth is not prehistory; it is timeless reality, which repeats itself in history.”

— Ernst Jünger

“For the point is this: not that myth refers us back to some original event which has been fancifully transcribed as it passed through…

— Julian Barnes

“Historical mythmaking is made possible only by forgetting.”

— Nancy Isenberg

“Myth is the threshold of history.”

— Saidiya V. Hartman

“Only to say that the myths survive when everything else has been forgotten. And that sometimes the myths, for all their slippery deceptions, tell…

— Tom Harper

“Myth is stories about the way things never were, but always are.”

— Marcus Borg

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

“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