“Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them”
Voltaire
“I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition”
George Herbert
“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”
George Bernard Shaw
“To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy”
W. R. Inge
“There is superstition in avoiding superstitions”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. (Idea of Progress)”
William Ralph Inge
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