789 Quotes About Mythology

But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another... We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. Who knows? Perhaps one day I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you... We are men only. A brief flare of the torch. Those to come may raise us or lower us as they please.

Karma doesn't need any witness or evidence to do the justice.

My definition of mythology is "other people's religion", which suggests that ours must be something else. My definition of religion, then, is "misunderstood mythology" — and the misunderstanding consists in mistaking the symbol for the reference. So all the historic events that are so important to us in our tradition should not be important to us in any way except as symbols of power within ourselves.

I chose Mercury as a golden mean between Mars and Venus because it symbolizes wisdom in the astrological tradition. Mercury became synonymous with the Greek God Hermes. He is the son of Jupiter and a friend of Apollo.

Antigone — Et serre moi. Plus fort que tu ne m'as jamais serrée. Que toute ta force s'imprime dans moi. Hémon — Là. De toute ma force.

As Hera crowned the youngest winner, the girl addressed the crowd:I am the new moon, swelling with magic, pure in my maidenhood, ever growing stronger. The second winner spoke:I am the full moon, complete in my powers, making people with my rhythms, bathing them in light.The third said: I am the waning moon, easing into peace, knowing all that went before, I am the wise one.

Some are born with great destinies, others create their own.

As soon as there's an unquestionable truth there's no longer a myth.

Upon Hirotsugu’s birth, the Fujiwara clan made great plans for his future, and I watched from my throne of skulls behind the kagerō veil and laughed and laughed and laughed.