Superstition Quotes

334 Superstition quotes by 230 unique authors

The Marxist doctrine is omnipotent because it is true. It is comprehensive and harmonious, and provides men with an integral world outlook irreconcilable with any… — Vladimir Lenin
You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms. — Susan Neiman
Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the vivacity of earthly… — Madame de Stael
Wisdom: The first error is that of the southern people, and it consists in holding that these eastern and western places are real places. ...… — C.S. Lewis
I love science. I hate supposition, superstition, exaggeration and falsified data. Show me the research, show me the results, show me the conclusions - and… — Bill Vaughan
I do like to wear the same hat on game days, but I consider that more of a routine thing than a superstition. — David Wright
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. — Thomas Fuller
Superstition is the poetry of life. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry,… — Denis Diderot
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition. — George Herbert
The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to… — Christopher Hitchens
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. — Elbert Hubbard
In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so… — Hypatia
Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation,… — Henry James
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. — Joseph Joubert
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is… — Helen Keller
The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the… — Christopher Lasch
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. — Pope John Paul II
The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if… — Terry Pratchett
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. — Bertrand Russell
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run. — Babe Ruth
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in… — John Selden
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.… — Rod Serling
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. — George Bernard Shaw
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith

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