--- title: "6 Superstitions Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" description: "6 Superstitions quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Plus more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and more Superstitions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_deeper_superstition-is-rooted-in-a-much-deeper_313371.jpg" --- > [Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-is-rooted-in-a-much-deeper-and-more-sensitive-layer-of/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_deeper_superstition-is-rooted-in-a-much-deeper_313371.jpg) > [Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-belongs-to-the-essence-of-mankind-and-takes-refuge-when/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_essence_superstition-belongs-to-the-essence-of-m_909564.jpg) > [Superstition is the poetry of life. It is inherent in man's nature; and when we think it is wholly eradicated, it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-is-the-poetry-of-life-it-is-inherent-in-man-s-nature-and/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_can-do_superstition-is-the-poetry-of-life-it-is_1159942.jpg) > [Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-is-a-part-of-the-very-being-of-humanity-and-when-we/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_believe_superstition-is-a-part-of-the-very-being_2316655.jpg) > [Superstition is part of the poetry of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-is-part-of-the-poetry-of-life/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_life_superstition-is-part-of-the-poetry-of-li_2760223.jpg) > [Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-is-the-poesy-of-practical-life-hence-a-poet-is-none-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_life_superstition-is-the-poesy-of-practical-l_2920431.jpg) ## Other authors on Superstitions - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/swami-vivekananda/) - [Mark Twain 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-green-ingersoll-79794.jpg) Robert Green Ingersoll 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/robert-green-ingersoll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/carl-sagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-h-l-mencken-39886.jpg) H. L. Mencken 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/h-l-mencken/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-cady-stanton-32491.jpg) Elizabeth Cady Stanton 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/elizabeth-cady-stanton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hume-27582.jpg) David Hume 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/david-hume/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emma-goldman-33179.jpg) Emma Goldman 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/emma-goldman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-gibbon-31792.jpg) Edward Gibbon 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/edward-gibbon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-voltaire-94063.jpg) Voltaire 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/voltaire/) ## More by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-never-believed-in-trying-to-do-anything-whatever-i-set-out-to-do-i/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-lyrical-work-must-as-a-whole-be-perfectly-intelligible-but-in/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-know-accurately-only-when-we-know-little-with-knowledge-doubt/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-is-easier-to-perceive-error-than-to-find-truth-for-the-former-lies/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/there-is-no-patriotic-art-and-no-patriotic-science/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-connoisseur-of-art-must-be-able-to-appreciate-what-is-simply/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Nothing is worse than active ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-worse-than-active-ignorance/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/let-us-not-dream-that-reason-can-ever-be-popular-passions-emotions/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Our foibles are really what make us lovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/our-foibles-are-really-what-make-us-lovable/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/instruction-does-much-but-encouragement-everything/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Giving is the business of the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/giving-is-the-business-of-the-rich/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/just-begin-and-the-mind-grows-heated-continue-and-the-task-will-be/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-look-upon-all-four-gospels-as-thoroughly-genuine-for-there-shines/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/whatever-we-may-say-against-collections-which-present-authors-in-a/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitions/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/#itemlist", "name": "6 Superstitions Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-is-rooted-in-a-much-deeper-and-more-sensitive-layer-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_deeper_superstition-is-rooted-in-a-much-deeper_313371.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_deeper_superstition-is-rooted-in-a-much-deeper_313371.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_deeper_superstition-is-rooted-in-a-much-deeper_313371.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-belongs-to-the-essence-of-mankind-and-takes-refuge-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_essence_superstition-belongs-to-the-essence-of-m_909564.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_essence_superstition-belongs-to-the-essence-of-m_909564.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_essence_superstition-belongs-to-the-essence-of-m_909564.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it…” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Superstition is the poetry of life. 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