Emma Goldman Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: June 27, 1869 - May 14, 1940
Birthday: June 27
Death: May 14
The conception of gods originated in fear and curiosity. Primitive man, unable to understand the phenomena of nature, and harassed by them, saw in every terrifying manifestation some sinister force expressly directed against him; and as ignorance and fear are the parents of all superstition, the troubled fancy of primitive man wove the God idea.
source: Emma Goldman (1915). “Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature”
topic: Ignorance, Men, Primitive Man, Conception, Ignorance And Fear
