Put a man on the brink of the abyss and - in the unlikely event that she doesn't fall into it - he will become a mystic or a madman... Which is probably the same thing!

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Eleanor Roosevelt was commenting on the danger of using people's innate ability to turn to superstitions as a basis for judging them. If we judge people by their superstitions, we tend to think them as inferior and as such treat them as such. Perhaps the power of superstition stems from the same need we all have to see ourselves as special and different from those around us. We’d rather think that we’re mystical and different than recognize our similarities and learn to appreciate those around us.

Source: Logicomix: An Epic Search For Truth

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