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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: beginning, conquer, cruelty, fear, main, source, sources, superstition , wisdom I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
by Babe Ruth (Athlete, American , born in 1895) keywords: bases, had, hit, home, made, only, run, superstition, sure , touch They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
by John Selden (Statesman, English , born in 1584) keywords: against, am, black, colors, into, oftentimes, run, side, superstition, superstitious, then, wear, wearing , wrong A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
by George Bernard Shaw (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1856) keywords: art, brain, digests, education, folly, fool, hence, into, pedantry, philosophy, science, superstition , university If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.
by Joseph Smith, Jr. (Clergyman, American , born in 1805) keywords: accuse, accuser, break, call, down, each, enter, god, heaven, many, other, sin, superstition, things , will The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.
by John Strachan (Clergyman, Canadian , born in 1778) keywords: apostles, awakened, churches, civilized, death, destroyed, eternal, every, flowed, life, lips, nations, part, planted, shut, sleep, superstition, temples, were, words , world I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.
by Anne Tyler (Novelist, American , born in 1941) keywords: actual, closely, examining, never, process, superstition, suppose, think, too , writing Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
by Judith Viorst (Author, American , born in 1932) keywords: childish, cost, does, foolish, how, irrational, knock, much, primitive, superstition , wood It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: barrier, human, ignorance, infantile, knowledge, separates, spirit, superstition, thought, virginity, virtue , would Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: astrology, astronomy, daughter, daughters, dominated, earth, long, mad, mother, religion, superstition, these, too , wise Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
by Barbara Walters (Journalist, American , born in 1931) keywords: although, automatically, church, every, get, go, just, myself, plane, pray, same, say, superstition, synagogue, thing, time, whatever , whether Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
by Adam Weishaupt (Clergyman, German , born in 1748) keywords: against, circumstance, constitution, directed, jealous, noble, objections, our, purpose, superstition, then, therefore, tyranny, urged, vanish , will This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
by Adam Weishaupt (Clergyman, German , born in 1748) keywords: association, attaining, clouds, enlightening, great, held, illumination, means, object, out, prejudice, reason, sun, superstition, understanding, which , will
