Balance Quote by Tom Cheetham

“Heresy is the life of a mythology and orthodoxy is the death.”

— Joseph Campbell

“(what myths of any religion are rational?).”

— John H. Martin

“And yet the thing hangs in the heavens unhurt. Its opponents only succeed in destroying all that they themselves justly hold dear. They do…

— G.K. Chesterton

“We will go on producing myths, ways of explaining ourselves to ourselves but, like everything else about us, they are in constant transition and…

— Richard Holloway

“We may not play with the new theology even if we may think we can turn it to our advantage.”

— Francis Schaeffer

“But in one thing I would go beyond strict orthodoxy - I am a convinced universalist. I believe that in the end all men…

— William Barclay

“And after all, our mythology may be much nearer to literal truth than we suppose.”

— c.s. lewis

“Another story. We cling tightly to it, and our belief turns it to truth.”

— Lauren Oliver

“I have the deepest respect even for Pagan myths, still more for the myths in Holy Scripture.”

— C.S. lewis

“Religious or secular, all myths make profound sense to one group of people. Not to everyone. They cannot be rationalized beyond a point. In…

— Devdutt Pattanaik

“When you encounter the unbelievers, blows to necks it shall be until, once you have routed them, you are to tighten their fetters.”

— Tom Holland

“We have a belief that we need not believe in, no dogmas, no ritual, no mythology, no church, no priest, no holy book--what a…

— Frederick Franck