The Myths Quotes
Mythology and religion are relevant and remarkable, as they each represent imaginative truths – projections of human beings innermost desires – intermixed with fragments of factual reality.
Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.
Myths tell us what those like us have done, can do, should do. Without myths to lead the way, we hesitate to leap forward. Listen to the wrong myths, and we might even go back a few steps.
Even Aristotle, master of pure reason, said: 'The friend of wisdom is also a friend of myth.
Misunderstanding is generally simpler than true understanding, and hence has more potential for popularity.