The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be superstitious — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Tradition of heartless facts is no better than the tradition of mindless assumptions.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. — Jose Bergamin Copy Share Image
It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you. — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“Sometimes painfully lost people can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know, or be reminded of---the more history… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“A man who is cowardly at heart and has not emancipated his mind will be afraid of non-existent ghosts and gods.” — Chi-fang Ho Copy Share Image
“The gods, so says the old superstition, do not like to behold too happy mortals. It is certain, at least, that some… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
One of the most obtuse superstitions is the superstition of the scientists who say that man can exist without faith. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Science keeps down the weed of superstition not by logic, but by rendering the mental soil unfit for its cultivation — John Tyndall Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The day you care more about essential rights than essential oils, I'll respect your spirituality. The day you care more about sharing… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The difference between faith and superstition is that the first uses reason to go as far as it can, and then makes… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“A child conceived on Christmas Eve is considered unlucky and will later resent his parents for their unholy transgression, their lack of… — Jody Shields Copy Share Image
“People think that epilepsy is divine simply because they don't have any idea what causes epilepsy. But I believe that someday we… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
That the corruption of the best thing produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
My ring name is 'Bullet,' which was given to me by Pavel. It's, like, tradition for your coach to give you your… — Valentina Shevchenko Copy Share Image
It is not a question of whether I believe in voodoo. I am a scholar and, as such, I have studied the… — Francois Duvalier Copy Share Image
“Changing the spelling of one's name to ensure success, performing rituals for good luck, wearing colored gem stones for success in business… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Sometimes chance is on the believer’s side and he or she does resolve the problems after praying or otherwise petitioning the supernatural,… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
“The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair.… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
“Catholic gossip and folklore, as one might term it, contributed to this demonizing legend around the conflict with the Protestants. At Geila… — Euan Cameron Copy Share Image
Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
God indeed tempteth no man; but yet we ask, in this petition, that he would keep and preserve us, lest the devil,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
“History warns us, however, that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions;… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
You should never cut your hair on Friday the 13th, as it results in a death in the family. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet, we live our lives based on dead men's tale.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If a black black cat crosses your path, it suggests that the animal is going somewhere.” — M.K. Bhutta Copy Share Image
“Always marveling at how New Age pseudo-philosophy had taken over the Internet.” — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
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