Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poison of the mind.

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

I have a terrible superstition of writing things down.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

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

Science stands for rational thought, faith for superstition and unreason.

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

I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

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

Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition.

Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.

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

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

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

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

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

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

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

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

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

As a Humanist, I love science. I hate superstition, which could never have given us A-bombs.

In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway.

My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.

Black cats cross my path all the time. I'll break a mirror. I have no regard for superstition.

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

I think my favorite song from another artist would have to be 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder.

Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.

I am finicky about making sure my sneakers are pretty tight. It is almost like a superstition for me.

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.

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.

Trying to understand superstition rationally is like trying to pick up something made of wood by using a magnet.

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

I have to put my outfit on in the same order. It's sort of a superstition. The last thing I put on is the glasses.

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

Superstition's not for me. And I'm not much for medicine either. I know my mind and my body better than anyone else.

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

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

India's a fascinating country. It's constantly changing, but there's still a lot of superstition and backwards thinking.

Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?

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

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

I have an awareness of a spiritual realm, and I see signs that I feel speak to me - I don't know if that falls into superstition.

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

We have to be very conscious of the fact that beneath every illness is a prohibition. A prohibition that comes from a superstition.

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.

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