Casual Quote by Thomas Hobbes

“And in these four things, opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion towards what men fear, and taking of things casual for prognostics,…

— Anonymous

The peculiarity of all death-based religions is that their subject-matter is entirely outside of facts. Men could think and think, talk and argue, advance,…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.

— Thomas Hobbes

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things…

— Gore Vidal

Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled…

— Victor Hugo

Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Men hid behind religion to keep others from seeing how frightened they were, how inept.

— Alma Katsu

I do not understand why people are afraid of ghosts.

— Arshad Warsi

“I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck.…

— Winston Graham

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is…

— Francis Bacon

Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys…

— Frank Herbert