Superstition Quotes

334 Superstition quotes by 230 unique authors

I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run. — George Herman
We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair… — Terry Jones
My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two. — David Almond
Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes;… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. — Helen Keller
The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts — Hermann Keyserling
Superstition brings bad luck — Paul Carvel
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom, in the… — Bertrand Russell
Superstition is a senseless fear of God — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Where there is fear there arises superstition , where the is strength there emerges sprituality-both are different states of mind.Superstition is believing god, sprituality is… — Selvaraj Kuppannan
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them. — Voltaire
I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it! — Joanna Trollope
You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them. — Curt Siodmak
The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition… — John Strachan
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother — Voltaire
His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are inimitable — Bertrand Russell
If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be for the world; but if all religion and morality should… — John Adams
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force.… — Peter Drucker
Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus example.… — Mary Baker Eddy
Science keeps down the weed of superstition not by logic, but by rendering the mental soil unfit for its cultivation — John Tyndall
I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition — Voltaire
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or… — Ulysses S. Grant
Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities,… — Francis Bacon Sr
Superstition brings the gods into even the smallest matters — Unknown Author
Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to the imaginary being are essential, and that men may and… — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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