Heart-chilling superstition! thou canst glaze even Pity's eye with her own frozen tear.
true philosophical atheism must be regarded as a superstition, often nurtured by an infantile wish to live in a world proportionate to one's own hopes or conceptual limitations.
That the corruption of the best thing produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and enthusiasm, the corruptions of true religion.
The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.
Like it or not, we're still a primitive tribe ruled by fears, superstition and misinformation.
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. " -The Judge
Always obey your parents. When they are present. This is the best policy in the long run. Because if you don't, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment.
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.
A new type of superstition has got hold of people's minds, the worship of the state.
Religion and science are the two wings upon which man's intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress. It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition, whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.
Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.
We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
Religion is not removed by removing superstition.
Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.
Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
I tend to gravitate toward the realm of superstition (cures and such) and odd scientific facts (like bioluminescent shrimp and fistulated cows). I like the intimacy that I often find in the grotesque.
Most kings and priests have been despotic, and all religions have been riddled with superstition.
My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.