Superstition Quotes

334 quotes by 230 authors

When not protected by law, by popular favor or superstition, or by other special circumstances, [birds] yield very readily to the influences of civilization, and,… — George Perkins Marsh
Understand then all of you, especially the young, that to want to impose an imaginary state of government on others by violence is not only… — Leo Tolstoy
The political superstition is still holding sway over the hearts and minds of the masses, but the true lovers of liberty will have no more… — Emma Goldman
All gamblers are paranoid, though they call it superstition. — Mario Puzo
I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my conviction this is,… — Albert Einstein
Deep down am I superstitious? No. Do I believe in trying to be as kind as possible and as compassionate as possible because ultimately you're… — Nicole Kidman
As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist — Mahatma Gandhi
The North thinks it knows how to make corn bread, but this is a gross superstition. Perhaps no bread in the world is quite as… — Mark Twain
Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are… — Carl Jung
...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the divine and heavenly… — John Cassian
As long as we cling to the superstition that we must look to government for money supply, instead of requiring it to look to us,… — E.C. Riegel
If superstition enters, the brain is gone. — Swami Vivekananda
We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like… — Leigh Bardugo
Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I… — Barbara Walters
Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and… — Immanuel Kant
If the bible were published as fiction, no reviewer would give it a passing grade. There are some vivid scenes and quotable phrases but there's… — Penn Jillette
The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The birth of science was the death of superstition. — Thomas Huxley
Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition? — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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