All Sam Harris Quotes
- The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was… Addition
- We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy… Abraham
- Man is manifestly not the measure of all things. This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being, and of our… Absolute
- When considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't. Religion… Applies
- The fact that my continuous and public rejection of Christianity does not worry me in the least should suggest to you just how inadequate I… Christian
- A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet… Actualize
- According to the most common interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus will return only after things have gone horribly awry. Imagine the consequences if any significant… According
- We read the Golden Rule and judge it to be a brilliant distillation of many of our ethical impulses. And then we come across another… Across
- In the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get… Believe
- Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates… Adherence
- We will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural and intellectual accommodations… Accommodations
- I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs. Became
- It is merely an accident of history that it is considered normal in our society to believe that the Creator of the universe can hear… Accident
- Where we have reasons for what we believe, we have no need of faith; where we have no reasons, we have lost both our connection… Atheist
- Theology is ignorance with wings. Atheism
- The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a child with a… Anyone
- Recently , crowds of thousands gathered throughout the Muslim world - burning European embassies, issuing threats, taking hostages, even killing people - in protest over… Atheist
- You are using your own moral intuitions to authenticate the wisdom of the Bible - and then, in the next moment, you assert that we… Assert
- We can either have a twenty-first-century conversation about morality and the human well-being - a conversation in which we avail ourselves of all scientific insights… Accumulated
- In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We… Alchemist