Fanaticism Quotes · Page 7

Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.

— Clarence Darrow

The only way of the regular development is: thesis - antithesis - synthesis. Everything else is just a chimera.

— Ilkin Santak

There is a tyrannical element in all fanaticism, an element which makes opposition a torment.

— Mary Augusta Ward

“a man should always observe fanaticism when he gets the chance.”

— Charles Willeford

When coincidence matches with unsuccessful time and place, it is accepted as an intention.

— Ilkin Santak

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

— Wendell Phillips

Accuracy is not only in the home. Philosophers often bring accuracy to their thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak

“Any theology that starts with ethnic narcissism, by default becomes the lowest form of smut on earth.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to…

— Lord Acton

[Friedrich] Nietzsche said something marvellous, he said "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty", and this is fanaticism.

— Elie Wiesel

Whether you were Moslem, Christian, Druze, or Israeli, remember, God protect thee, that religious fanaticism for political goals or political fanaticism for…

— Ameen Rihani

“Haters are your most dedicated fans: ordinary fans can be disappointed in you or can get tired of you etc. but haters…

— Bryanna Reid

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which…

— Arthur Miller

Our attachments are our temple, what we worship, no? What we give ourselves to, what we invest with faith. . . .…

— David Foster Wallace

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.

— Elie Wiesel

When people realize the majesty of the laws of nature, then they will see how far they have fallen away from the…

— Ilkin Santak

'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is…

— Austin Farrer

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and…

— Anonymous

“Fanaticism can often be a normalized phenomenon, and the unwritten recipe suggests that it starts and ends with absolute certainty. If you…

— Criss Jami

“Fanaticism is the opposite of love,’ I said, recalling one of Khaderbhai’s lectures. A wise man once told me—he’s a Muslim, by…

— Gregory David Roberts

Still more pathetic is the total collapse of moral fanaticism. Fanatics think that their single-minded principles qualify them to do battle with…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The force of what was called Panther rhetoric or word mongering resided not in elegant discourse but in strength of affirmation (or…

— Jean Genet

What chiefly concerns and alarms many of us are the problems arising from religious fanaticism. As long as large numbers of militant…

— Anthony Storr

Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the…

— Voltaire

Depending on your culture, you can make physician which treats you feel himself like a veterinarian.

— Ilkin Santak

“Religious fanaticism is the most dangerous form of insanity.”

— Robert Graves

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

— Daniel Dennett

Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma.

— John Berger

Faith, Fanatic faith, once wedded fast to some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.

— Thomas Moore

“Fanaticism and Ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding.”

— Anonymous

Fanatics are defined by their hatreds; free people by their humanity.

— William J. Clinton

Children are rescued from abortion to be killed in war as soldiers.

— Ilkin Santak

When you've got a Chautauqua in your head, it's extremely hard not to inflict it on innocent people.

— Robert M. Pirsig

Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.

— Denis Diderot

Of course the state symbols should be respected and especially the large bills of the state.

— Ilkin Santak

Any religious fanaticism is worse than the lack of belief in any gods.

— Richard John Mattley

Family is created to grow the Overman, not to continue the progeny; progeny is continued by the Overman anyway.

— Ilkin Santak

“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched." [ My Uncle Sosthenes ]”

— Guy de Maupassant

Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion

— Voltaire

Values are so individual that everyone has distinctive form of theirs.

— Ilkin Santak