Publius Papinius Statius Quotes

Fear first created the gods.

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.

Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear.

Fear created the first gods in the world.

I'm superstitious.

My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.

Nancy is superstitious.

You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.

I'm extremely superstitious.

When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

The strongest passion is fear.

Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.

I'm really superstitious.

Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe.

For out of fear and need each religion is born, creeping into existence on the byways or reason.

The religion of the Bible is the best in the world. I see the infinite value of religion. Let it be always encouraged. A world ofsuperstition and folly have grown up around its forms and ceremonies. But the truth in it is one of the deep sentiments in human nature.

I'm superstitious a little bit.

All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not the true God, he will have his idols.

Fear guides more than gratitude.

Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

Worry and faith just don't mix.

Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world.

The motive of fear is the be-all and end-all of religion.