There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the read more

There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with him as though he were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting.

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken read more

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society

We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for read more

We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology

A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in read more

A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in the idioms appropriate to another.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be read more

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.

Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.