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superstition
«There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.»
Author: Rod Sterling
(Host, Producer, Writer)
| Keywords:
dimension, fifth, fifths, ground, Infinities, infinity, man of science, middle, science, shadow, space, superstition, timeless, vast, Vaster, vastest
«The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other»
«Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
| About:
Adventure,
Security
| Keywords:
adventure, as a whole, Children of Men, daring, does not exist, exposure, in the long run, long run, mostly, outright, safer, security, superstition, The Children, The Children of Men, The Long, The Long Run
«Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| About:
Hypocrisy
| Keywords:
ample, begging, hypocrisy, idolatries, idolatry, superstition, wages
«The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| Keywords:
advancement, advancements, depends, exchange, exchanges, intellectual, New Man, Of Man, superstition, The Exchange
«There are some truths, however, that we should never forget: Superstition has always been the relentless enemy of science; faith has been a hater of demonstration; hypocrisy has been sincere only in its dread of truth, and all religions are inconsis»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| Keywords:
demonstration, demonstrations, dread, hater, haters, hypocrisy, relentless, sincere, superstition
«Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
flamed, flames, In Flames, philosophy, quenches, quenching, sets, superstition, whole
«Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts. A shade is not easily taken by the throat and destroyed.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
armed, bigotry, claw, clawing, cling, condemned, fateful, ghosts, grapple, grappled, grappling, perpetual, prejudice, shade, shades, superstition, tenaciously, The Throat, throat, tooth, unceasingly
