Storytelling Quote by Marcus Borg Download Open image ““Myth is stories about the way things never were, but always are.”” — Marcus Borg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Storytelling
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Myth could be as sustaining as reality - sometimes even more so.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“All myths are stories, but not all stories are myths: among stories, myths hold a special place.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Myth is not about whether something is fact or fiction; myth is more about truth. Good myth, according to the old adage, is about… — Randy S. Woodley Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“In myths, the hero survives. The evil is vanquished. The world is set right. Sometimes there are celebrations, and sometimes there are funerals. The… — V.E. Schwab Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Some people find the experience and practice of compassion as a spiritual discipline to be a more direct route to the transformation of the… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Religion is much more than language, but to be Christian does mean speaking Christian for most people. The language many of us use has… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Jesus disclosed that God is compassionate. Jesus spoke of God that way: "Be compassionate, as God is compassionate." Compassion is the primary quality of… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
The titles of Jesus (son of God, messiah, light of the world, etc.) are not found in the earliest layer of tradition and are… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
God loves us already and has from our very beginning. The Christian life is not about believing or doing what we need to believe… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Reality is permeated, indeed flooded, with divine creativity, nourishment, and care. — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
People who think of God as a warrior may become warriors themselves, whether in a Christian crusade, a Muslim jihad, or an apocalyptically oriented… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
It is important to show people ways that we can reclaim Christianity from some of the misunderstandings of our time. — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
'Believing' cannot tip the scales in making a historical judgement about whether something really happened. I can choose to believe that George Washington threw… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it's a pretty good story," I said. "You have to admit." "Yeah?" He crumpled up the Kleenex, having dispatched the solitary tear. "You… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“A disproportionate number of stories are love stories – and what is homosexuality but a special narrative of love?” — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative. — Tim Vine Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature. — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. — John Berger Copy Share Image
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Societies everywhere have a tendency to construct a genealogically useful past for themselves in which desirable versions of their history are favored and unwanted… — Tudor Parfitt Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
“We take creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of your life.” — Danielle Ganek Copy Share Image
