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The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
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Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n
Francis Bacon, Sr.
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It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people, as the superstition of Morality
Emma Goldman
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It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people, as the superstition of Morality
Emma Goldman
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The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
Elbert Hubbard
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Man`s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain
John Calvin
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I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.
Dr. Carl Sagan
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We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
Cicero
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller
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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition
Voltaire
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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother
Voltaire
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge
Voltaire
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There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.
Mark Twain
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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell
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There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.
Rod Sterling
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis Bacon
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The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.
Robert Bork
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
Allan Slater
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Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
Allen Blakemore
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Adam Smith
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
Pope John Paul II
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Man`s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
John Calvin
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In the absence of evidence, superstition. It`s a Middle Ages thing. That`s my theory anyway.
Tucker Carlson
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Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.
Alfred Kugal
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Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.
Andy Jados
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Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition
Austin Eaton III
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Although I myself don`t go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it`s superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
Barbara Walters
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A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.
Alice Raine
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A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.
Allan Pope
