Superstitions Quotes

375 Superstitions quotes by 249 unique authors

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
Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor… — Lactantius
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
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.… — H. L. Mencken
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
If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition. — Polly Toynbee
Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood? — Judith Viorst
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. — Voltaire
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. — Voltaire
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. — Voltaire
I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really… — Jimmy Wales
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and… — Adam Weishaupt
Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend. — Richard Matheson
Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. — John Adams
Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is… — M. Scott Peck

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