Belief Quotes by Sam Harris

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.

— Sam Harris

As a man believes, so he will act.

— Sam Harris

Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.

— Sam Harris

“Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them.”

— Sam Harris

“A belief is a lever that, once pulled, moves almost everything in a person’s life.”

— Sam Harris

The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have…

— Sam Harris

Our world is fast succumbing to the activities of men and women who would stake the future of our species on beliefs…

— Sam Harris

What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their…

— Sam Harris

We do not respect people's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons. If my reasons are good enough for believing what I believe, you…

— Sam Harris

I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of…

— Sam Harris

[I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of…

— Sam Harris

On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of…

— Sam Harris

When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal…

— Sam Harris

If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large,…

— Sam Harris

It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that,…

— Sam Harris

Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of…

— Sam Harris

Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even…

— Sam Harris

It is safe to say that almost every person living in New Orleans at the moment Hurricane Katrina struck shared your belief…

— Sam Harris

The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We…

— Sam Harris

Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own…

— Sam Harris

Religious faith is the only area of discourse where immunity through conversation is considered noble . It's the only area of our…

— Sam Harris

“Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable than one that conforms, at…

— Sam Harris

“A belief is a lever that, once pulled, moves almost everything in a person’s life. Are you a scientist? A liberal? A…

— Sam Harris

“Within a religious framework, a belief in free will supports the notion of sin—which seems to justify not only harsh punishment in…

— Sam Harris

“To point out nonepistemic motives in another’s view of the world, therefore, is always a criticism, as it serves to cast doubt…

— Sam Harris

“It is time we recognized that belief is not a private matter; it has never been merely private. In fact, beliefs are…

— Sam Harris

Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. Millions among us, even now,…

— Sam Harris

The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended,…

— Sam Harris

In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or…

— Sam Harris

“In adaptive terms, belief has been extraordinarily useful. It is, after all, by believing various propositions about the world that we predict…

— Sam Harris

It is time we realize that belief is not a private matter. As a man believes, so he will act. Believe that…

— Sam Harris