“Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Any book, old or new, that claims to hold all the answers to life, is a scam.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only… — Mal Peet Copy Share Image
In our modern complex world, fundamentalism is dangerous because of its rigidity and its imperviousness to other ideas. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“In the unification of two minds, orientation of sexuality is irrelevant.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
We must first be able to look honestly at fundamentalism in our own backyard, if we are to have any hope of… — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people. — Anwar Sadat Copy Share Image
Liberalism provided me with an intellectual satisfaction that I never found in fundamentalism. I became so enamored of the insights of liberalism… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Fundamentalism, in and of itself, is benign and can be personally beneficial, but the anger and prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can… — Ricky Ray Copy Share Image
Many reporters have gone to Tea Party rallies looking for expressions of bigotry. What they have tended to find instead is a… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Almost all gun control legislation is constitutionally fine. And if the court is right, then fundamentalism does not justify the view that… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the "liberal" rhetoric… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are… — Warren Mitchell Copy Share Image
An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
“I believe in you my friend, so much so, that if any of my ideas make you feel belittled in any manner,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“We've evolved from the jungle, violence is in our DNA. That's not up for debate, it's a biological fact. Question is, will… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Religion and ethics were not always - or even frequently - mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determinat ion, social… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
“Despite the fact that, the idea of religion has been filled by the human society with all sorts of garbage, and thus… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“R.C. Sproul has written that "we live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization." As… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“American fundamentalism’s original sentiments were as radically democratic in theory as they have become repressive in practice, its dream not that of… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
“Faith goes hand in hand with the belief in a supreme purpose that includes everybody, a purpose that is for mankind’s ultimate… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“The claim that there is no alternative but perdition to a worldview that shows how everything fits together and makes perfect sense… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
“People fight over religion, because they don't understand religion. They think reading a few Bibles, Qurans and Vedas makes them religious. Books… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The world needs the kind of religion that sets humanity free, not the kind that binds it with textual fanaticism. The world… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Today when the Fundamentalists are once more insisting that the fundamentals of fundamentalism are fundamental to our being No. 1 on the… — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
There is reason to be scared. Look at what has happened with fundamentalism - this is a reaction against modernity. It happens… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
Just as any revolution eats its children, unchecked market fundamentalism can devour the social capital essential for the long-term dynamism of capitalism… — Mark Carney Copy Share Image
“In his own way the modernist becomes as irrelevant as the fundamentalist. The fundamentalist has something to say to his world, but… — William E. Hordern Copy Share Image
“Religion is not delusion, for most part it's therapeutic, but the notion that you're doomed if you don't pick a particular religion,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Fundamentalists believe that we don't believe in anything. In their view of the world, they are in possession of absolute certainties, while… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Hindu fundamentalism is a contradiction in terms, since Hinduism is a religion without fundamentals; there is no such thing as a Hindu… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
We can't keep thinking of gay people as being ostracised; we can't keep thinking of Muslim people as being [ostracised] because of… — Elton John Copy Share Image
There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
“A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to his religion before he explores it. As opposed to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There's an element of paradox there - that at least you know where you stand with the fundamentalists. I mean, they're absolutely… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There is an unraveling, a great unraveling that I believe is occurring. Not without its pain, not without its frustration. Perhaps the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
![“This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people.” quote by Anwar Sadat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1b/anwar-sadat-18573_criminals_this-fundamentalism-is-not-religion-it-i_805511.png)
![“We can't keep thinking of gay people as being ostracised; we can't keep thinking of Muslim people as being [ostracised] because of the fundamentalism that occurs in Islam. Muslim people have to do something about speaking up about it. We can't judge a book by its cover.” quote by Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/elton-john-849_book_we-can-t-keep-thinking-of-gay-people-as_1479458.jpg)
![“There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of that. I don't like that idea. I think all extremism is suspect.” quote by Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/sydney-pollack-2385_bases_there-s-a-religious-basis-to-their-bush_743420.jpg)
