Adherents Quotes

47 Adherents quotes by 44 unique authors

All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they… — Eric Hoffer
No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people… — David Lloyd George
In the United States, and to only slightly lesser degree in all the other rich and economically progressive Western countries, public debate has at all… — Gunnar Myrdal
[G]overnment endorsement . . . of religion . . . sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political… — Sandra Day O'Connor
The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of… — Sydney J. Harris
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as… — Anthony Storr
Art without accomplishment becomes a form of faith, sustained more by the intensity of its common practice than by the pleasure it gives to its… — Adam Gopnik
The theory of Reincarnation, which originated in India, has been welcomed in other countries. Without doubt, it is one of the most sensible and satisfying… — Luther Burbank
Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more… — Criss Jami
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. — Khalil Gibran
Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance.… — Sam Harris
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. — Christopher Lasch
As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents. — George Orwell
State ownership! It leads only to absurd and monstrous conclusions; state ownership means state monopoly, concentrated in the hands of one party and its adherents,… — Benito Mussolini
The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teaching adherents to be directly spiritual, but… — Ming-Dao Deng
Revolution is not 'showing' life to people, but making them live. A revolutionary organization must always remember that its objective is not getting its adherents… — Guy Debord
In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents,… — Paul Tillich
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so… — Philip Pullman
I mean by intellectual integrity the habit of deciding vexed questions in accordance with the evidence, or of leaving them undecided where the evidence is… — Bertrand Russell
Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as… — Anthony Storr
I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents become better people as a result of practicing it. — Unknown Author
Let all people live in harmony Men should be taught and won over by reason, not by blows, insults, and corporal punishments. I therefore most… — Julian The Apostate

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