John Ruskin Quotes

Superstition, In All Times And Among All Nations, Is The Fear Of A Spirit Whose Passions Are Those Of A Man, Whose Acts Are The Acts Of A Man; Who Is Present In Some Places, Not In Others; Who Makes No Places Holy And Not Others; Who Is Kind To One Person, Unkind To Another; Who Is Pleased Or Angry According To The Degree Of Attention You Pay Him, Or Praise You Refuse To Him; Who Is Hostile Generally To Human Pleasure, But May Be Bribed By Sacrifice Of A Part Of That Pleasure Into Permitting The Rest. This, Whatever Form Of Faith It Colors, Is The Essence Of Superstition.

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