Ancient Quote by Baron d'Holbach

“we have only the haziest notions about the religions of ancient foragers. We assume that they were animists, but that’s not very informative. We…

— Yuval Noah Harari

As long as superstition and ignorance prevail, humanity will fall short of eradicating war, poverty, and hunger.

— Jacque Fresco

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

— Will Durant

“ Ingersoll could not understand the mind of those who, once having been told the truth, preferred to remain under the spell of superstition…

— Joseph Lewis

Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for…

— Edgar Lee Masters

If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.

— Baron d'Holbach

It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.

— Baron d'Holbach

How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable…

— Pope John Paul II

Those who march with us will certainly face abuse, misunderstanding, bitter animosity, and possibly the ferocity of struggle and of danger. In return, we…

— Oswald Mosley

[It is nice] to explore someone's will to survive, the ferocity of loyalty, how far you would go to protect the ones you love...…

— Katie Aselton

I wish [my wife] would [work] because - especially now the kind of - I mean, honesty is hardly the word. She writes with…

— Nat Hentoff

I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition.

— Roxane Gay