Fanaticism Quotes · Page 4

“Evolution of apes to human begins with one person disposing of their flag in a museum.”

— Abhijit Naskar

There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you're wrong too.

— Julian Baggini

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Fanaticism is a plague. It threatens the fabric of our world and must be stopped regardless of the cost.”

— Brian Rathbone

Though fanaticism drinks at many founts, its predisposing cause is mostly the subject of an invisible futurity.

— Francis Atterbury

A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject..

— Anonymous

“Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously overcompensates a secret doubt.”

— Aldous Huxley

If a person is ashamed of himself, it means that the next stage of development has come.

— Ilkin Santak

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of…

— Jean Baudrillard

We are going to the Overman, but the Overman is not the goal, because as we become Him, we go to the…

— Ilkin Santak

If someone invites you to his religion, do not look down on him, on the contrary, you should thank him; he shares…

— Ilkin Santak

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

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

I'm for open-mindedness and tolerance. I'm against any form of fanaticism, fundamentalism or zealotry, and this certainty of 'We have the truth.'…

— Philip Pullman

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

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

— Voltaire

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

— Anthony Storr

I do not claim to have any developed or sophisticated views in political philosophy, but I think that one of the lessons…

— Tim Crane

I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to…

— Thomas Jefferson

Under our institutions the only way to perfect the Government is to perfect the individual citizen. It is necessary to reach the…

— Calvin Coolidge

“It took many years to cleanse Arabia of its “false idols.” It will take many more to cleanse Islam of its new…

— Reza Aslan

I was standing next to a famed geo-politician when the first news of the Argentine attack [on the Faulkland Islands] was received,…

— William Safire

The value of one moment of ones pleasure cannot be placed in the whole history of statehood.

— Ilkin Santak

“The kingdom of god is within you, and you sold it to the highest bidder.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Freedom of individual is measured by reaching his own values.

— Ilkin Santak

The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.

— Dennis Prager

“Religious fanaticism is simply good politics in the middle-eastern countries.”

— James Aldridge

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

— Ilkin Santak

A fanatic, either, religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions.

— Richard Whately

“Earth metrics are made for the monkeys by the monkeys, I am the barometer of civilization.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.

— Will Rogers

Patriotism has debilitating effects on the people who suffer from it.

— Ilkin Santak

“But that which fanaticism formerly promised to the elect, science now accomplishes for all men. ”

— Gustave Flaubert

Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.

— Baron d'Holbach

Evolution of consciousness consists of the gap between generations.

— Ilkin Santak

Pop music is not just a clumsy mass fanaticism, connected to a deceitful enchantment totally lacking in moral rigour.

— Paul Morley

A religious fanatic is somebody who knows Jesus Christ better than you do.

— Jim Kaat

Fanaticism comes in as many flavors as there are human beings.

— Adam Gopnik