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 are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

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.

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.

Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting read more

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.

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful read more

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

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

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep read more

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.