Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence.
It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for.
He is my unicorn, though... That's how I felt falling in love with him, as if I'd found a creature of myth.
The biggest myth about aging is that we can't do anything about it. That it's a road to being decrepit, frail, and sick.
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.
Let's dispel a little myth. Working hard is NOT the key to success. It may be an ingredient, but it isn't the main one.
One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates.
Use your own reason to find the truth. And to do this, you must first get rid of the myths that your culture injected to your brain!
There can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular - though profoundly mistaken - definition of myth as falsehood.
The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.
All myths that are something more than fancies gain rather than lose in value with time, by reason of the accretions of human experience.
The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.
One of the enduring myths of campaign analysis is that you can actually count the number of 'undecided' voters by asking voters if they are undecided or not. Sometimes, significant numbers of voters actually change their minds.
No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.
What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.
Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.
It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
