Collection Of Quotes And Sayings On Myths
1. Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
- Karl Popper
2. When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.
- Madeleine L'Engle
3. Myth is neither a lie nor a confession; it is an inflexion.
- Roland Barthes
4. Old myths, old Gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.
- Stanley Kunitz
5. Myths are, in fact... neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world and our place in it.
- Stephen H. Furrer
6. Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
- Ansel Adams
7. We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology.
- Carl Gustav Jung
8. A myth is an event in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
- Alan Watts
9. A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
- James Feibleman
