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Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

Superstition is the poison of the mind.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.

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.'

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.