“I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.”
Babe Ruth
“The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.”
Elbert Hubbard
“There is superstition in avoiding superstitions”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Science built the Academy, superstition the inquisition”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
Bertrand Russell
“Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them”
Voltaire
“Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.”
Pope John Paul II