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Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, [is] religion; not allowed, superstition. — Thomas Hobbes

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion. — Jeremy Taylor

Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship. — Seneca The Younger

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

Science is but one form of rationalism, while religion is the most common form of superstition. — Richard Dawkins

I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion. — James Buchanan

...people don't think in churches.

[Noyce on what bothers him most about organized religion.] — Robert Noyce

Theology is a superstition - Humanity a religion. — Robert G. Ingersoll

Christianity is such a silly religion. — Gore Vidal

Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom. — Robert Green Ingersoll

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion. — Publius Papinius Statius

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. — Voltaire

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth. — Robert Green Ingersoll

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

Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition. — Edmund Burke

So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk. — Thomas A. Edison

Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss. — Cesar Nascimento

Patriotism is a superstition, one far more injurious, brutal and inhumane than religion. — Gustave Herve

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

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

Christianity is a pestilent superstition. — Tacitus

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Deep scientific psychoanalysis reveals that excessive beliefs and dependence on religion is a superstition and fear induced psychiatric disease. — Debasish Mridha

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps — Thornton Wilder

Religion, superstition, oaths, education, laws, all give way before passions, interest, and power. — David McCullough

Socialism, or communism as it is sometimes called, is merely a secular religion, where the State becomes a god. — Stefan Molyneux

I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge. — Baruch Spinoza

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control. — Mario Bunge

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. — Edmund Blake

Lies don't make you happy. They just make you lie about being happy. — Stefan Molyneux

If superstition could contradict science, the world may as well be on the back of a turtle. But giving into turtle worship was a bridge too far. — Thomm Quackenbush

When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force. — Ayn Rand

Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

They may be all comprehended under three heads - 1st, Superstition; 2d, Power; 3d, the common interests of society, and the common rights of man. — Thomas Paine

Religion is not removed by removing superstition. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. — Pope John Paul II

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms. — Susan Neiman

Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true. — Stefan Molyneux

Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism. — Baha'u'llah

There is a faculty in man that will acknowledge the unseen. He may scout and scare religion from him; but if he does, superstition perches near. — J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty. — David Hume

Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition. — Paul Kenneth Keller

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983) — Jose Bergamin

In paganism light is mixed with darkness, and religion and truth are blended with superstition and error. — Lindley Murray

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition. — Christopher Hitchens