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“Peasants have believed in dowsing, and scientists used to believe that dowsing was only a belief of peasants. Now there are so many scientists who believe in dowsing that the suspicion comes to me that it may only be a myth after all.”

Believe May Used Belief Scientist Myth Suspicion Peasants

Book:The Complete Books of Charles Fort

Source: The Complete Books of Charles Fort

“Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devises paradise fictions to provide succor and support... In acts of supreme self-deception, at various times and in various places he has been willing to profess belief in the most incredible myths because of what they have promised him.”

Has Beens Self Belief Religious Fiction Support Atheism Willing Worship Incredibles Various Positive Atheism Myth Supreme Symbols Deception Paradise Self Deception Dissolution Finality

Author:Paul Kurtz

“Here is a myth for you if myths are your pleasure: "There is no more opportunity in this world." Most people held this false belief fifty years ago, the majority agreed with it five years ago, and practically everyone clings to it today. Clearly, this myth will also be the screaming rage in the future. Hang on to this myth, and you are destined to miss great opportunities for the rest of your life.”

People Ifs World Years Today Opportunity Belief Pleasure Five Missing This World Years Ago Majority Myth Rage Five Years Fifty Destined Rest Of Your Life Great Opportunity

Author:Ernie J Zelinski

“The feelings, myths and prejudices about the Negro American which now seem so valid and real to some of our white contemporaries will take their place on the shelf along with the belief in witches and the notion that the earth is the center of the solar system. Nobody knows as yet whether the future [of the race situation] is hopeless. All we know is that it can be made hopeless, if enough people choose to consider it so.”

People Ifs Knows Made Real Enough Feelings Seems Earth Belief White Race Situation Prejudice Notion Myth Hopeless Witch Shelves Nobody Knows Solar System

Author:Margaret Halsey

“the myth of childhood happiness flourishes so wildly not because it satisfies the needs of children but because it satisfies the needs of adults. In a culture of alienated people, the belief that everyone has at least one good period in life free of care and drudgery dies hard. And obviously you can't expect it in your old age. So it must be you've already had it.”

People Needs Children Hard Care Age Dies Culture Belief Childhood Periods Adults Myth Old Age Be You Drudgery

Book:The dialectic of sex: the case for feminist revolution

Source: The dialectic of sex: the case for feminist revolution

“I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's a bit of a myth.”

Thinking Political Belief Bits Situation Heard Particular Myth Political Beliefs

Author:Kevin Spacey

“Rooted in the mythology of all primitive races is the belief in a land of peace and happiness, a sort of earthly paradise, once possessed by man, but now lost, and only to be attained again by the virtuous.”

Men Belief Lost Race Land Myth Mythology Paradise Possessed Rooted Virtuous Primitive Peace And Happiness

Book:Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages

Source: Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages

“Maybe this is all a bit of a myth, a willful desire to give each place its own unique aura. But doesn't any collective belief eventually become a kind of truth? If enough people act as if something is true, isn't it indeed "true," not objectively, but in the sense that it will determine how they will behave? The myth of unique urban character and unique sensibilities in different cities exists because we want it to exist.”

People Ifs Want Giving Kind Different Enough Character Desire Belief Bits Cities Unique Determine Myth Behave Collectives Sensibility Urban Auras

Author:David Byrne

“Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory as a part of the true religion, nor was it supposed that, by believing, a man acquired religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods.”

Men Believe Certain Belief Religious Series Myth Merit Favour Belief In God True Religion

Book:Religion of the Semites (Ppr)

Source: Religion of the Semites (Ppr)

“Myth is a tale once believed as truth; believed, it is not myth, but religion. A tale once religiously believed that has come to be called a myth is something of religion corrupted with disbelief. What are beliefs for some societies but myths for others cannot fill spiritual vacancies in the life of those others.”

Spiritual Religion Belief Truth Is Myth Tales Disbelief Vacancy

Author:Laura Riding

“The myth stems from the belief that writing is some mystical process. That it's magical. That it abides by its own set of rules different from all other forms of work, art, or play.But that's bullshit. Plumbers don't get plumber's block. Teachers don't get teacher's block. Soccer players don't get soccer block. What makes writing different? Nothing. The only difference is that writers feel they have a free pass to give up when writing is hard.”

Giving Feels Writing Art Different Hard Play Form Belief Process Differences Teacher Player Giving Up Myth Block Soccer Bullshit Stem Mystical Plumber Soccer Player

Author:Patrick Rothfuss