Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
"Stand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is!"
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Superstitions
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition."
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear."
Gore Vidal
Writer, Essayist, Playwright
"At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition."
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"God's only excuse is that he does not exist."
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"So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions."
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"I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my conviction this is, unjustified. The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the uncanny reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time."
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"Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any."
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"Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs."
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"Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it."
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"Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition?"
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"Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition."
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"Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism."
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"Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day."
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"Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response."
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"What nuns don't realize is that they look better in nun clothes than J.C. Penney pantsuits."
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"We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition."
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"Belief in the causal nexus is superstition."
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"Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are the first to succumb to its suggestive effects."
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"If we offer too much silent assent about mysticism and superstition - even when it seems to be doing a little good - we abet a general climate in which scepticism is considered impolite, science tiresome, and rigorous thinking somehow stuffy and inappropriate."
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"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition."
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"You must develop the habit of skepticism, not swallow every piece of superstition you are told by witch-doctors and professors."
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"I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it."
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"Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism."
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