Examination Quote by David Hume

“(On belief in miracles) - "The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.”

— David Hume

A state of skepticism and suspense may amuse a few inquisitive minds. But the practice of superstition is so congenial to the multitude that,…

— Edward Gibbon

“When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.”11 As individuals and as a…

— Thomas Gilovich

Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.

— Bernard Beckett

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.

— Baron de Montesquieu

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition

— Steven Weinberg

“[To think for oneself] is the maxim of a reason never passive. The tendency to such passivity, and therefore to heteronomy of reason, is…

— Immanuel Kant

Superstition is the poison of the mind.

— Joseph Lewis

It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.

— Ben Jonson

Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect.

— Albert Einstein

Superstition has its practical uses.

— Barbara Mertz

A new type of superstition has got hold of people's minds, the worship of the state. People demand the exercise of the methods of…

— Ludwig von Mises