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Superstitions Quotes by Hypatia
- To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing,
- Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The…
- In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so…
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- Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly… — Isaac Asimov
- The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon
- I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go… — Amy Adams
- I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and… — Sarah Bernhardt
- The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive… — 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… — 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… — Criss Angel
- All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. — Baron d'Holbach
- There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in offering to fight one's… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the… — Unknown Author
- Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we… — Gad Saad