Superstitions Quotes

375 quotes by 249 authors

Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition. — Edmund Burke
William Henry Flower the Anglican too praised evolution as a cleansing solvent, dissolving the dross which had 'encrusted' Christianity 'in the days of ignorance and… — Adrian Desmond
Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in… — Isaac Asimov
It is no defense of superstition and pseudoscience to say that it brings solace and comfort to people. . . . If solace and comfort… — Isaac Asimov
Jacobins, I have a truth to tell you. You do not know your most deadly enemies; they are the constitutional priests. It is they who… — Jean-Paul Marat
I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most precious of all… — Gerry Spence
Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other. — James F. Cooper
Be strong, get beyond all superstitions, and be free. — Swami Vivekananda
Superstition is great enemy of man but bigotry is worse. — Swami Vivekananda
No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus. — George Bernard Shaw
It has become obligatory to fulfil a function which shall in some way be regarded as useful to the masses...Even an articulated mass always tends… — Karl Jaspers
Science is history arranged according to the superstition and taste of the moment. The vocabulary of scholars has no wit, no salt. These heavy tomes… — Blaise Cendrars
The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable. — Doris Lessing
Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism is the destruction… — Errico Malatesta
I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe.… — Mortimer Adler
Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was the belief in facts. — John Gunther
I don't believe in superstitions. I just do certain things because I'm scared in case something will happen if I don't do them — Michael Owen
Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind? — Robert Green Ingersoll
Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition. — Robert Green Ingersoll

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