It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – Thomas Henry Huxley
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The superstition in which we grew up, Though we may recognize it, does not lose Its power over us–Not all are free Who make mock of their chains. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
We live in a time of twin credulities: the hunger for the miraculous combined with a servile awe of science. The mating of the two gives us superstition plus scientism. – Edward Abbey
Theres a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be good, to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community. – Orson Scott Card
There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. – Thomas Paine
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life. – A. J. Muste
