John Sterling Quotes

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.

Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities.

Even now, I'm very superstitious, in silly ways. I always put my left boot on first. Or on set, I always tie my bow tie from right to left.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

I don't believe in voodoo.

Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.'

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway.

the greatest American superstition was belief in facts.

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.

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.

Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.

The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

Do I believe in ghosts? Of course I do. So do you. Deep in the souls of the most sophisticated of us is lurking a fear of the supernatural which all the discoveries of scientists cannot eradicate.

I think superstition has a lot to do with fear: the less, the better.

Our forefathers looked upon nature with more reverence and horror, before the world was enlightened by learning and philosophy, and loved to astonish themselves with the apprehensions of witchcraft, prodigies, charms, and inchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it, the church-yards were all haunted, every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it, and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.

The Sabbath, as now recognized and enforced, is one of the main pillars of Priestcraft and Superstition, and the stronghold of a merely ceremonial Religion.

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.

As they say in my country, the only thing that separates us from the animals is mindless superstition and pointless ritual.

There is superstition in avoiding superstition.

Nothing is going to happen to you if you throw salt on the floor, stand under a ladder, or see eight black cats on the street.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

Superstition! that horrid incubus which dwelt in darkness, shunning the light, with all its racks, and poison chalices, and foul sleeping draughts, is passing away without return. Religion cannot pass away. The burning of a little straw may hide the stars of the sky; but the stars are there and will reappear.

I don't believe in superstitions. I just do certain things because I'm scared in case something will happen if I don't do them