Superstition Quotes

Superstition is the poison of the mind.

— Joseph Lewis

Theology is Classified Superstition.

— Elbert Hubbard

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Christianity is a pestilent superstition.

— Tacitus

If superstition enters, the brain is gone.

— Swami Vivekananda

“Ignorance breeds superstition.”

— Damien Echols

Superstition is part of the poetry of life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The desire to demonize others is based on the ontological uncertainties.”

— Zygmunt Bauman

We are here to let in the light of Liberty upon political superstition.

— Benjamin Tucker

Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

— James F. Cooper

The modern superstition is that we're free of superstition.

— Graham Joyce

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

— Joseph Joubert

“Uneducated mind is subject to superstitious.”

— Toba Beta

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

— Francis Bacon Sr

Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition.

— Umberto Eco

Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and always will be

— Frederick The Great

Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing superstition,…

— Voltaire

When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it.

— Mark Twain

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.

— Susan Neiman

Behind innocence there gathers a clotted mass of superstition, of twisted and misdirected impulse; clandestine flirtation, fads, and ragtime fill the unventilated…

— Walter Lippmann

“The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.”

— Stefan Molyneux

No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor…

— Shirley Jackson

“Superstition was with me at that moment, but it was not yet her hour for complete victory.”

— Charlotte Brontë

When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will…

— Mark Twain

To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we…

— Swami Vivekananda

“He was allying himself to science, for what was science but the absence of prejudice backed by the presence of money? His…

— Henry James

“The link between extreme weather and global warming has as much scientific basis as the pagan rite of human sacrifice to ensure…

— Ralph B. Alexander

There are some truths, however, that we should never forget: Superstition has always been the relentless enemy of science; faith has been…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I've got this silver necklace and silver cross that my mom got me that I always wear during games. I don't know…

— Kyler Murray

“Standing at the window, reading the menu of Obediah's services, the Minotaur wishes he could believe in what she has to offer:…

— Steven Sherrill

“When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.”11 As individuals and…

— Thomas Gilovich

“The American people spend thousands of dollars to propagate the doctrines of the fall of man, the creation of the world out…

— Virchand Gandhi

“When you consider the superstitions and the imaginings of the old Cornish country-folk up to my grandmother's day, how their lives were…

— A. L. Rowse

“Magic begins in superstition, and ends in science. ... At every step the history of civilization teaches us how slight and superficial…

— Will Durant

“He knew clearly enough that his imagination was growing traitor to him, and yet at times it seemed the ship he sailed…

— H.G. Wells

“Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were…

— Joseph Heller

“All too often people confuse religion with superstition, spirituality, belief in supernatural powers or belief in gods. Religion is none of these…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so…

— H.L. Mencken

“I have always been interested in witchcraft and superstition, but have never had much traffic with ghosts, so I began asking people…

— Shirley Jackson