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Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.
Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the read more
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.
The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They read more
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
It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the read more
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
I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all read more
I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.
Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence.
Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence.
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own read more
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
Superstition is the poison of the mind.
Superstition is the poison of the mind.