Essentials Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they think.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.

— Anonymous

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and…

— Francis Bacon

We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and…

— Baruch Spinoza

Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.

— Umberto Eco

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

— Francis Bacon

In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is…

— Hypatia

One of the most obtuse superstitions is the superstition of the scientists who say that man can exist without faith.

— Leo Tolstoy

All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.

— Anonymous

The more people are exposed to science, the more we will move away from superstition.

— Rakesh Sharma

“One of the most widespread superstitions is that every man has his own special, definite qualities; that a man is kind, cruel, wise, stupid,…

— Leo Tolstoy

Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over...

— Sarah Addison Allen