Definitions Quote by James Parton

Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion

— Voltaire

Fanaticism is not a state of religion but a state of mind.

— Tony Blair

Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same relation to it that a monkey bears to a man; yet, with…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

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

— Will Rogers

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

— Jim Kaat

Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation.

— Douglas Murray

Anyone who takes his faith seriously and speaks in behalf of Christ and His kingdom will be accused of fanaticism at some point.

— R. C. Sproul

Ideology and religion are contraindicated for fanatics.

— Ilkin Santak

I have described religion as the metaphysics of the people.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The word "religion" beautifully defines itself, of course. It translates "to bind" from the Latin--"re" means back and "ligare" means to tie up. All…

— Timothy Leary

"Cynicism," like "heresy" and "heterodoxy" and "atheism" and "agnosticism" and "paganism" and "heathenism," is above all else a way for organized orthodoxy's caste of…

— Kenny Smith

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

— Adam Gopnik