We should be agnostic about those things for which there is no evidence. We should not hold beliefs merely because they gratify our desires for afterlife, immortality, heaven, hell, etc.
Julian HuxleyTags: reason belief superstition immortality desire evidence agnosticism agnostic irrational
I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
Galileo GalileiTags: science natural nature ignorance superstition demonstration experiment observable testable
Do you sleep in a coffin?” Okay, I admit that one was a little out of line, not to mention corny.
“Of course not,” he laughs loudly. “I sleep in a bed.” A pause. “Would you like to see it?
Tags: superstition funny-humor
There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present. Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.
Will DurantTags: civilization superstition
Perhaps our judgement of the purple woman was unfair. No doubt her theories concerning the "approach of the Teatro" made us all uneasy. But was this reason enough to cast her out from that artistic underworld which was the only society available to her? Like many societies, of course, ours was founded on fearful superstition, and this is always reason enough for any kind of behavior. She had been permanently stigmatized by too closely associating herself with something unclean in its essence.
Thomas LigottiTags: society superstition outcast stigma ostracized oustider
But let me say this. I am a superstitious man, a ridiculous failing but I must confess it here. And so if some unlucky accident should befall my youngest son, if some police officer should accidentally shoot him, if he should hang himself while in his jail cell, if new witnesses appear to testify to his guilt, my superstition will make me feel that it was the result of the ill will still borne me by some people here. Let me go further. If my son is struck by a bolt of lightning I will blame some of the people here. If his plane show fall into the sea or his ship sink beneath the waves of the ocean, if he should catch a mortal fever, if his automobile should be struck by a train, such is my superstition that I would blame the ill will felt by people here. Gentlemen, that ill will, that bad luck, I could never forgive. But aside from that let me swear by the souls of my grandchildren that I will never break the peace we have made. After all, are we or are we not better men than those pezzonovanti who have killed countless millions of men in our lifetimes?
Mario PuzoTags: superstition vendetta the-godfather the-don
Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above!
Steve MaraboliTags: life success criticism excuses superstition vitamins haters
And how easy it is to recognize the revenant shapes that the old unchanging enemies—racism, leader worship, superstition—assume when they reappear amongst us (often bodyguarded by their new apologists).
Christopher HitchensTags: liberalism superstition racism left
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts.
Sheri S. TepperTags: life fate religion punishment chance curse superstition destiny fortune luck misfortune pettiness divine-intervention
Kyle took in a breath. “While you were doing freaky stuff with Adam—as fine as he is—did you figure out where he is?”
I shook my head, and he sighed. “That’s good.”
I raised my eyebrow. He grinned, tiredly. “That would have been useful, Mercy. And having something freaky and useful would have been too good and sent the spirits of evil gods on our tail.”
I stared at him.
Tags: humor superstition mercy-thompson mercedes-thompson patricia-briggs adam-hauptman frost-burned kyle-brooks
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