Mithraic Quotes & Sayings

The true eye for talent presupposes the true reverence for it. — Thomas Carlyle

You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't; you need a gene to be active for it. — Cynthia Kenyon

The United States of America is logically the least magical place in the world. Planned by committee, not even a country, just a legal umbrella for fifty associated provinces, an elaborate polling system for creating other larger and more permanent committees. No mysteries; no demons; one God at the most. Sure, it had its own folklore and tall tales, but it wasn't the same. Its rulers weren't descended from men and women who spoke with birds and rode dragons. Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan were hayseeds, folksy also-rans compared to the madness in the ancient royal blood going back to the Druids, to Byzantium, to Mithraic cults. — Austin Grossman

They didn't need as many external rules as we did because they had internalised the standards of decency. — Anna Funder

During the first century A.D., Alexandria was a veritable hotbed of mystical activity, a crucible in which Judaic, Mithraic, Zoroastrian, Pythagorean, Hermetic, and neo-Platonic doctrines suffused the air and combined with innumerable others. — Michael Baigent

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important. — Jerry Bruckheimer

What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay. — Moby

Group chanting and prayer is very powerful. It can bring important changes. — Mata Amritanandamayi

I love art dealers. In some ways, they're my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where their taste is, create their own aesthetic universes, support artists, employ people, and do all of this while letting us see art for free. Many are visionaries. — Jerry Saltz

Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple. — Robert Gottlieb