But that which fanaticism formerly promised to the elect…

“Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to…

— Gustave Flaubert

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

— Lord Acton

Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the…

— Mercedes Lackey

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

— Elie Wiesel

Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear, the fear…

— Bertrand Russell

Very often, fanaticism begins at home. It begins inside the family. It begins with the urge to change our kin, to change our beloved…

— Amos Oz

A noble person stands up as though a theater curtain rises.

— Ilkin Santak

Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts…

— Uri Avnery

“Fanatics are those who, when following a doctrine becomes inconvenient, make up rules of their own.”

— Cathryn Louis

A strong saying is not afraid of criticism, because it includes all the answers to criticism.

— Ilkin Santak

One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we…

— Thomas Paine

Your best friends are your principles, if you havent them, dont look for another friend.

— Ilkin Santak

Motherland is our property and we have right to handle our properties as pleased. The jokes about death for the sake of the motherland…

— Ilkin Santak

Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.

— Voltaire

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak