Superstition Quotes

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.

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.

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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.

I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!

The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.

Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really a superstition. I don't think anything bad will happen if I don't, but three potato chips doesn't seem right.

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?

This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition.

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.

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.