I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
The idea of "karma" reeks of primitive religious superstition, so I don't place a lot of stock in it. — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
It is thus superstition infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity, and enslaves him with fanaticism. — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. — John Adams Copy Share Image
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“It is easy to scoff at "native superstition" from the back of an elephant with a powerful rifle in your hand.” — Patrick Newman Copy Share Image
Christianity has its own superstition, anyway: Why you turn three times, what this saint means, why you pray to the patron saint… — Ciaran Hinds Copy Share Image
This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition. — Polly Toynbee Copy Share Image
Deep down am I superstitious? No. Do I believe in trying to be as kind as possible and as compassionate as possible… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
My spirituality and my beliefs are way beyond any superstition - I'm not a conformist - and I do have a scientific… — Ekta Kapoor Copy Share Image
“All the superstition this day living in the world is built upon this foundation: so natural it is to man to pull… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“When I think of how much this world has suffered; when I think of how long our fathers were slaves, of how… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. It's not a strictly spiritual affair; it has psychological… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
The best road to correct reasoning is by physical science; the way to trace effects to causes is through physical science; the… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we… — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
“as the mass of mankind remains always at about the same pitch of misery, it never assents long to any one remedy,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“She once told him about the mysterious trampled-down places found in fields, which the peasants superstitiously called werewolves' nests. Coming across one… — Jody Shields Copy Share Image
“The Celt, and his cromlechs, and his pillar-stones, these will not change much – indeed, it is doubtful if anybody at all… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
We need to be much clearer about what we do and do not know so that we don't continually confuse the two.… — Benjamin Bloom Copy Share Image
“The real difference is this: the Christian says that he has knowledge; the Agnostic admits that he has none; and yet the… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Imagine a land where people are afraid of dragons. It is a reasonable fear: dragons possess a number of qualities that make… — David Whiteland Copy Share Image
“In a segment of the Sermon on the Mount, appearing in Matthew 5, Jesus is reported to have set six new teachings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the… — James George Frazer Copy Share Image
“The pagan gods are not dead, but can return to topple science with superstition and modern man with bestial pleasures that pre-date… — Richard Luckhurst Copy Share Image
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“Strange though it may seem, people rarely show such enthusiasm as when they are seeking the proof of a ghost story—the soul… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
'Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two. — David Almond Copy Share Image
Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events. — Joy Browne Copy Share Image
A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. — Duffy Daugherty Copy Share Image
The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
I beg you to believe the most ridiculous superstition of all: that humanity is at the center of the universe, the fulfiller… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a… — Hal Clement Copy Share Image
Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“They also thought there were spirits called ‘daimons’ around. Some were good and protected you; some were evil and could lead you… — Terry Deary Copy Share Image
I do like to wear the same hat on game days, but I consider that more of a routine thing than a… — David Wright Copy Share Image
As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth. — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
