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Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden. — Jean-Francois de La Harpe
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. Its hard absolute optimism is repulsive to… — Joseph Conrad
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his… — Alexander Hamilton
'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death.' But with… — Austin Farrer
We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication . — Thomas Jefferson
Muslims are the first victims of Islam. Many times I have observed in my travels in the Orient that fanaticism comes from a small number… — Ernest Renan
The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany. — Otto Schily
Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution. — John William Fletcher
We are not wise enough, pure enough, or strong enough to aim and sustain such a single motive over a lifetime. That way lies fanaticism… — Os Guinness
The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than fanaticism, of a sort so sincere it can only end in martyrdom. — Isabelle Eberhardt
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts. — Hans Kung
It is thus religion infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity and fanaticism: if he has a heated imagination it drives him on… — Baron d'Holbach
BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that… — Rob Brezsny
What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after. — Wendell Phillips
Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and… — Immanuel Kant
In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice. — Louis Kronenberger
I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
They who get off on tangents and ride hobby horses to death are they who become fanatic. Let them understand that they must be tolerant… — Spencer W. Kimball
In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either… — Thomas Jefferson
Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn the morality of… — Benjamin Hoff
Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history - the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of heathens, and… — Savitri Devi
To crush out fanaticism and revere the infinite, such is the law. Let us not confine ourselves to falling prostrate beneath the tree of creation… — Victor Hugo
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

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