Who's To Say That Dreams Aren't As Real As The Here And Now? Quotes About Myths
Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
by Fran Larson
http://www.franniesquotes.com/
For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature.
Ann Druyan
Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.
Robert Anton Wilson
I am attracted to myths.
Tina Turner
I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?
John Lennon
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.
Ray Bradbury
It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.
Greil Marcus
Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.
Michael Shermer
Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.
Margaret Atwood
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
George Orwell
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
Myths are about the human struggle to deal with the great passages of time and life - birth, death, marriage, the transitions from childhood to adulthood to old age. They meet a need in the psychological or spiritual nature of humans that has absolutely nothing to do with science. To try to turn a myth into a science, or a science into a myth, is an insult to myths, an insult to religion, and an insult to science. In attempting to do this, creationists have missed the significance, meaning, and sublime nature of myths. They took a beautiful story of creation and re-creation and ruined it.
-Michael Shermer
Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of the rat race is not yet final.
-Hunter S. Thompson
“Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.”
Jean Cocteau quotes (French Poet, Novelist, Actor, Film Director and Painter, 1889-196
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death; Robert Fulghum
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