Conviction Quote by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“superstition is what remains after the original understanding of a concept has been lost over time.”

— Freddy Silva

“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

The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones that are…

— Murray Gell-Mann

Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and always will be

— Frederick The Great

Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true…

— David Hume

“Strong convictions do not necessarily signal a powerful sense of self: very often quite the opposite. Intensely held beliefs may be no more than…

— Gabor Maté

Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who…

— Carl Jung

The superstition in which we grew up, Though we may recognize it, does not lose Its power over us.-Not all are free Who make…

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“Because most religions offer no valid mechanism by which their core beliefs can be tested and revised, each new generation of believers is condemned…

— Sam Harris

Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.

— Tryon Edwards