“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
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom, in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.”
“Superstition is a senseless fear of God”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother”
Voltaire
“Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.”
Countess of (Marguerite Gardiner) Blessington
“There is superstition in avoiding superstitions”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Science built the Academy, superstition the inquisition”
Robert Green Ingersoll
