Superstition Quotes

334 quotes by 241 authors

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. — Isaac Asimov
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon
The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe… — Robert Bork
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. — Edmund Burke
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that… — John Calvin
I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery… — Criss Angel
All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. — Baron d'Holbach
I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of civilization,… — Culbert Olson
Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we all have the… — Gad Saad
We are here to let in the light of Liberty upon political superstition. — Benjamin Tucker
My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. — Duffy Daugherty
The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on… — Albert Einstein
It is thus superstition infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity, and enslaves him with fanaticism. — Baron d'Holbach
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging. — Martin Luther
We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition,… — George Washington
Religion is a superstition that originated in man`s mental inability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an orgainized institution that has always been stumbling… — Emma Goldman
The greatest superstition now entertained by public men is that hypocrisy is the royal road to success. — Robert Green Ingersoll
There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is… — Mark Twain
Atheism deprives superstition of its stand ground, and compels Theism to reason for its existence — George Holyoake
If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had… — Robert Breault

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