Able Quote by David Hume

The best road to correct reasoning is by physical science; the way to trace effects to causes is through physical science; the only corrective,…

— Frances Wright

In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort…

— John Calvin

Many people have the reasoning facility, but no one uses it in religious matters.

— Mark Twain

“Reasoning is the cure for superstitions and bigotry.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

— Edmund Burke

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

— Johan Huizinga

“reprogram minds into employing reason instead of faith, science instead of superstition.”

— Peter Boghossian

The thing with Catholicism, the same as all religions, is that it teaches what should be, which seems rather incorrect. This is what should…

— Lenny Bruce

“Superstitions are primal in nature and because they feed on instinct, having nothing but disdain for reason, they are often swift and unexpected messengers…

— Mansoor Nazeer

Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.

— Voltaire

“A superstitious belief which embraces an error keeps the possibility open that the truth may come to arouse it; but when the truth is…

— Søren Kierkegaard

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.

— Susan Neiman